Viral metadata needed for GenBank submission

[taltman]

From the Handbook: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53714/#gbankquickstart.i_have_viral_sequence_da

A related entry from the Handbook: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53701/#gbankquickstart.Viral_Source_Material

• [ ] A unique name
• [ ] Country where virus was collected (if known)
• [ ] Host (scientific/binomial or common name, if known)
• [ ] Collection date (if known) (use three letter abbreviation for month and four digit format for year, e.g. Feb-2001)
• [ ] Serotype or genotype (if known)

[ Tomer: These two following items are at the above link, but these are annotation pipeline requirements that I'll split out into a separate issue:]

• [ ] CDS feature(s) with product name(s), nucleotide locations, and amino acid translation(s) of all coding regions (showing start and stop codons, if present)
• [ ] Gene symbol(s), if known

The information listed above should be applied to any virus submission.

If no coding region is present, provide another description of the sequence

If any of this information is not known, inform us at the time of your submission.

See an online example of viral sequence submission annotation.

We need someone to develop a CSV / spreadsheet of this meta-data for submission. We might want to consult with some virologists to come up with some sensible nomenclature for the unique name, and serotype or genotype.