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DIAMOND

DIAMOND is a new high-throughput program for aligning a file of short reads against a protein reference database such as NR, at 20,000 times the speed of BLASTX, with high sensitivity.[1][2][3][4]

Installed Versions

Picotte

diamond 2.0.9 and 2.0.15 are installed on Picotte. To use, load the appropriate module:

diamond/2.0.9 diamond/2.0.15

References

[1] DIAMOND website

[2] Nature Methods 12, 59–60 (2015) -

[3] DIAMOND community website (discussion boards)

[4] DIAMOND GitHub repository

[5] Boost C++ Libraries