Kraken2¶
Kraken2 is a taxonomic classification system using exact k-mer matches to achieve high accuracy and fast classification speeds. This classifier matches each k-mer within a query sequence to the lowest common ancestor (LCA) of all genomes containing the given k-mer.
Profile Format¶
A tab-separated 'Kraken report' output file with either six or eight columns as described in the documentation. This is generated with the Kraken2 parameter --report
. Taxpasta interprets the columns as follows:
Column Header | Description |
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percent | |
clade_assigned_reads | |
direct_assigned_reads | |
num_minimizers | optional |
distinct_minimizers | optional |
taxonomy_lvl | |
taxonomy_id | |
name |