<p>The answer is to use <code>phastaf</code>, a recently developed software tool developed by Torsten Seemann (the same developer as prokka), which comes with a packaged phaster.ca db.  Get it <a href="https://github.com/tseemann/phastaf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a></p>

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2019-09-03T12:24:07.137Z
Thanks, I will have a look.
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user3479780
<p>I would like to use PHASTER (<a href="http://phaster.ca" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://phaster.ca</a>) from the University of Alberta, but it's currently down for maintenance, as is its predecessor, PHAST.</p>

<p>What alternatives to PHASTER are there for searching and annotating phage sequences within assembled genomes?</p>

<p>EDIT:</p>

<p>I have seen that PROKKA has some entries mentioning the possibility of using PHASER (currently discarded as an option) but also people using their own HMMs to annotate phage sequences using PROKKA, e.g.:
<a href="https://github.com/tseemann/prokka/issues/375" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/tseemann/prokka/issues/375</a></p>

<p>Any ideas?</p>

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Phigaro https://github.com/bobeobibo/phigaro, Virsorter
Chris_Rands
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Thanks @Chris_Rands , I had a look at phigaro, and I like the fact that the pVOG families give an annotation for things like tail fiber proteins and the rest. Useful.
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alternatives to PHASTER phage annotation server
# alternatives to PHASTER phage annotation server

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-08-28)

I would like to use PHASTER (<http://phaster.ca>) from the University of Alberta, but it's currently down for maintenance, as is its predecessor, PHAST.

What alternatives to PHASTER are there for searching and annotating phage sequences within assembled genomes?

EDIT:

I have seen that PROKKA has some entries mentioning the possibility of using PHASER (currently discarded as an option) but also people using their own HMMs to annotate phage sequences using PROKKA, e.g.:
<https://github.com/tseemann/prokka/issues/375>

Any ideas?

**Tags:** sequence-annotation
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Phigaro https://github.com/bobeobibo/phigaro, Virsorter  
> **username_0**: Thanks @Chris_Rands , I had a look at phigaro, and I like the fact that the pVOG families give an annotation for things like tail fiber proteins and the rest. Useful.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-09-03. Score: 1

The answer is to use `phastaf`, a recently developed software tool developed by Torsten Seemann (the same developer as prokka), which comes with a packaged phaster.ca db. Get it [here](https://github.com/tseemann/phastaf)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks, I will have a look.  

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