PyNAST: a flexible tool for aligning sequences to a template alignment
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · University of Pennsylvania
Abstract
MOTIVATION: The Nearest Alignment Space Termination (NAST) tool is commonly used in sequence-based microbial ecology community analysis, but due to the limited portability of the original implementation, it has not been as widely adopted as possible. Python Nearest Alignment Space Termination (PyNAST) is a complete reimplementation of NAST, which includes three convenient interfaces: a Mac OS X GUI, a command-line interface and a simple application programming interface (API). RESULTS: The availability of PyNAST will make the popular NAST algorithm more portable and thereby applicable to datasets orders of magnitude larger by allowing users to install PyNAST on their own hardware. Additionally because users…
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Authors
6- JGJ. Gregory CaporasoCorresponding
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania
- KBKyle Bittinger
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania
- FDFrederic D. Bushman
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania
- TZTodd Z. DeSantis
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania
- GLGary L. Andersen
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania
Topics & keywords
- Software portability
- Computer science
- Python (programming language)
- Interface (matter)
- Graphical user interface
- Application programming interface
- Feature (linguistics)
- User interface