Tutorial: Similar Genome Finder Service

Overview

This set of short videos provides a step-by-step demonstration of using the PATRIC Similar Genome Finder service to identify a set of genomes in PATRIC that are closely related to the genome provided.

  1. Launching a search using a genome (5:49)

  2. Launching a search using a contig file (5:26)

  3. Launching a search using a fastq file (5:52)

  4. Finding help and citing PATRIC (3:08)

Using the Similar Genome Finder Service

Links to the videos are provided below. They can also be viewed in order in the PATRIC YouTube channel playlist. Relevant references are provided at the bottom of this page.

1. Launching a search using a genome (5:49)

2. Launching a search using a contig file (5:26)

3. Launching a search using a fastq file (5:52)

4. Finding help and citing PATRIC (3:08)

References

  • Ondov BD, Treangen TJ, Melsted P et al. Mash: fast genome and metagenome distance estimation using MinHash, Genome biology 2016;17:132.