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bio-genome-assembly-short-read-assembly

De novo genome assembly from Illumina short reads using SPAdes. Covers bacterial, fungal, and small eukaryotic genome assembly, as well as metagenome and transcriptome assembly modes. Use when assembling genomes from Illumina reads.

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Installation and usage

De novo genome assembly from Illumina short reads using SPAdes. Covers bacterial, fungal, and small eukaryotic genome assembly, as well as metagenome and transcriptome assembly modes. Use when assembling genomes from Illumina reads.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use bio-genome-assembly-short-read-assembly