Extensive but not comprehensive compilation of de-novo assemblers

This figure is an update of Figure 1 in “A practical comparison of de novo genome assembly software tools for next-generation sequencing technologies.” published by Zhang et al (2011). The figure was produced in SVG so you should be able to click on the name of the assembler which should take you straight to the […]

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Update Kraken databases

Kraken is a really good k-mer based classification tool. I frequently use this tool for viral signal detection in metagenomic samples. A number of useful scripts such as updating Kraken databases are provided with the tool. Since the NCBI updated the FTP website structure and decided to phase-out Genbank Idenfiers (GIs), the default Kraken database update scripts […]

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