Section: Genomics
Topic: Genetics/Genomics

CulebrONT: a streamlined long reads multi-assembler pipeline for prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes

10.24072/pcjournal.153 - Peer Community Journal, Volume 2 (2022), article no. e46.

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Using long reads provides higher contiguity and better genome assemblies. However, producing such high quality sequences from raw reads requires to chain a growing set of tools, and determining the best workflow is a complex task.

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DOI: 10.24072/pcjournal.153
Type: Software tool
Orjuela, Julie 1, 2, 3; Comte, Aurore 2, 3; Ravel, Sébastien 2, 3; Charriat, Florian 2, 3; Vi, Tram 2, 4; Sabot, François  1, 3; Cunnac, Sébastien  2, 3

1 DIADE Unit, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, IRD – Montpellier Cedex 5, France
2 PHIM Plant Health Institute, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD – Montpellier, France
3 IFB - South Green Bioinformatics Platform, Bioversity, CIRAD, INRAE, IRD – Montpellier, France
4 Agricultural Genetics Institute, Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences – Hanoi, Vietnam
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Orjuela, Julie; Comte, Aurore; Ravel, Sébastien; Charriat, Florian; Vi, Tram; Sabot, François ; Cunnac, Sébastien . CulebrONT: a streamlined long reads multi-assembler pipeline for prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes. Peer Community Journal, Volume 2 (2022), article  no. e46. doi : 10.24072/pcjournal.153. https://peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24072/pcjournal.153/

Peer reviewed and recommended by PCI : 10.24072/pci.genomics.100018

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