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Mycotools automates large-scale comparative genomics through a standardized back-end database and software platform for acquiring, interfacing with, and analyzing genome data.
Mycotools is taxonomy-agnostic — it unifies file formatting standards between kingdoms — and integrates automated acquisition of animal, plant, fungal, and prokaryote genomes.
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Mycotools generates and updates a local database of publicly available annotated
genomes, and optionally includes locally generated genome data. Genome data is
curated into a systematic gff3 standard and stored in a central database with
taxonomic and source metadata. That database is represented as a parsable,
tab-delimited MycotoolsDB (MTDB) metadata file, which enables swift data
acquisition and a singular, scalable file input for analysis.
The Mycotools software suite interfaces with the Mycotools database and provides modules that serve as building blocks for conducting and pipelining comparative genomic analysis.
Konkel, Z., Slot, J. C. Mycotools: An Automated and Scalable Platform for Comparative Genomics. bioRxiv 2023.09.08.556886; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.08.556886
