Mallard 1.02 – Screen 16S rRNA Clone Libraries contain Chimeras

Mallard 1.02

:: DESCRIPTION

Mallard is a program for screening 16S rRNA clone libraries, and similar multiple sequence alignments for chimeras and other anomalies.The program is based on the Pintail algorithm which works by comparing evolutionary distances between a query and subject sequence over the length of the 16S rRNA gene (small subunit rRNA), by employing a sampling window of specified size, progressing a fixed number of bases at a time along the length of the gene.

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::DEVELOPER

Dr Kevin Ashelford

:: SCREENSHOTS

:: REQUIREMENTS

  • Windows / Linux / Mac OsX
  • Java

:: DOWNLOAD

Mallard

:: MORE INFORMATION

Citation

KE Ashelford et al. (2006)
New Screening software shows that most recent large 16S rRNA gene clone libraries contain chimeras.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72(9): 5734-5741.

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