A daily-updated database and tools for comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 mutation-annotated trees.

ABSTRACT: The vast scale of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing data has made it increasingly challenging to comprehensively analyze all available data using existing tools and file formats. To address this, we present a database of SARS-CoV-2 phylogenetic trees inferred with unrestricted public sequences, which we update daily to incorporate new sequences. Our database uses the recently-proposed mutation-annotated tree (MAT) format to efficiently encode the tree with branches labeled with parsimony-inferred mutations as well as Nextstrain clade and Pango lineage labels at clade roots. As of June 9, 2021, our SARS-CoV-2 MAT consists of 834,521 sequences and provides a comprehensive view of the virus' evolutionary history using public data. We also present matUtils - a command-line utility for rapidly querying, in

SUBMITTER: McBroome J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8020970 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature