Why?

GenomeBaser:

1. Encourages best practice (uses rsync -> only update what’s needed)

2. Despises filenames that aren’t easily understandable (symlinks to RefSeq based filename to Genus_species_strain.gbk)

3. Give you what you will probably wan’t in the future (provides both .gbk and .fna. Generate PROKKA databases)

4. Understands important differences (partitions complete chomosome and complete plasmind into separate buckets)

Installation

Something like:

$ pip install GenomeBaser

Alternatively:

$ wget https://github.com/mscook/GenomeBaser/archive/v0.1.2.tar.gz
$ tar -zxvf v0.1.2.tar.gz
$ cd v0.1.2
$ # May need sudo/root, BUT...
$ python setup.py install

Usage

Something like:

$ GenomeBaser --help
    Usage: GenomeBaser [OPTIONS] GENUS SPECIES OUT_DATABASE_LOCATION

    GenomeBaser is tool to manage complete (bacterial) genomes from the NCBI.

    Example usage:

          $ GenomeBaser.py Klebsiella pneumoniae ~/dbs

          $ # (wait a few months)...

          $ GenomeBaser Klebsiella pneumoniae ~/dbs

    By Mitchell Stanton-Cook (m.stantoncook@gmail.com)

    **More info at:** https://github.com/mscook/GenomeBaser

    Options:
      --check_deps / --no-check_deps  Check that non-python dependencies exist
      --help                          Show this message and exit.