KOunt: a reproducible KEGG orthologue abundance workflow.
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ABSTRACT: Summary
Accurate gene prediction is essential for successful metagenome analysis. We present KOunt, a Snakemake pipeline, that precisely quantifies KEGG orthologue abundance.Availability and implementation
KOunt is available on GitHub: https://github.com/WatsonLab/KOunt. The KOunt reference database is available on figshare: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21269715. Test data are available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22250152 and version 1.2.0 of KOunt at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.23607834.
SUBMITTER: Mattock J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10423021 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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KOunt: a reproducible KEGG orthologue abundance workflow.
Mattock Jennifer J Martínez-Álvaro Marina M Cleveland Matthew A MA Roehe Rainer R Watson Mick M
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) 20230801 8
<h4>Summary</h4>Accurate gene prediction is essential for successful metagenome analysis. We present KOunt, a Snakemake pipeline, that precisely quantifies KEGG orthologue abundance.<h4>Availability and implementation</h4>KOunt is available on GitHub: https://github.com/WatsonLab/KOunt. The KOunt reference database is available on figshare: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21269715. Test data are available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22250152 and version 1.2.0 of KOunt at https://d ...[more]
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