rrwick/Trycycler

A tool for generating consensus long-read assemblies for bacterial genomes

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Trycycler

Trycycler is a tool for generating consensus long-read assemblies for bacterial genomes. I.e. if you have multiple long-read assemblies for the same isolate, Trycycler can combine them into a single assembly that is better than any of your inputs.

For installation instructions, usage, deeper explanations and more, head over to the Trycycler wiki!

For our paper describing Trycycler, follow this link: Wick RR, Judd LM, Cerdeira LT, Hawkey J, Méric G, Vezina B, Wyres KL, Holt KE. Trycycler: consensus long-read assemblies for bacterial genomes. Genome Biology. 2021. doi:10.1186/s13059-021-02483-z.

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For installation instructions, usage, deeper explanations and more, head over to the Trycycler wiki!