# MetaPhlAn3.0 virus profiling

**URL:** <https://forum.biobakery.org/t/metaphlan3-0-virus-profiling/569>\
**Category:** MetaPhlAn\
**Created:** [June 12, 2020, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/metaphlan3-0-virus-profiling/569 "2020-06-12T07:24:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![DEEPCHANDA7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@DEEPCHANDA7](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/DEEPCHANDA7)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/metaphlan3-0-virus-profiling/569/1 "2020-06-12T07:24:51Z")

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Got no virus abundance with MetaPhlAn3.0 output. Can anyone please explain? My command is:  
`metaphlan xyz.fastq.gz --input_type fastq --nproc 8 > xyz.fastq_profile.txt`

Thanks  
DC7

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**Author:** ![fbeghini](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.biobakery.org/fbeghini/32/81_2.png) [@fbeghini](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/fbeghini)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/metaphlan3-0-virus-profiling/569/2 "2020-06-12T08:48:29Z")

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By default, MetaPhlAn does not profiles viruses, you should run it with `--add_viruses`