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A database for signatures of public genomic sources

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wort is a repository for sourmash signatures, currently focused on indexing microbial datasets from public datasets like the NCBI Sequence Read Archive and the JGI Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes

Here are some example pages for these datasets:

  • SRA: DRR013902
  • IMG: 2728369338

For more info check the poster presented at Biological Data Science 2018.

(wort is the next step in whisky fabrication after mashing)