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hicap

Tags: bacteria haemophilus-influenzae serotype capsule typing nthi sample-scope

Predict Haemophilus influenzae capsule serotype.

Uses hicap to identify the capsule locus in H. influenzae genome assemblies. It predicts the serotype (a, b, c, d, e, f, or Non-Typeable/NTHi) and can optionally generate visualizations of the locus structure.

Inputs

record (
meta: Record,
fna: Path
)
FieldTypeDescription
metaRecordGroovy Record containing sample information
fnaPathAssembled contigs in FASTA format
database_dir: Path?
model_fp: Path?
NameTypeDescription
database_dirPath?Path to a custom hicap reference database directory
model_fpPath?Path to a custom Prodigal training model file

Outputs

record (
meta: Record,
gbff: Path?,
svg: Path?,
tsv: Path,
results: Set<Path>,
logs: Set<Path?>,
nf_logs: Set<Path>,
versions: Set<Path>
)
FieldTypeDescription
metaRecordSample information record
gbffPath?GenBank file containing the annotated capsule locus region
svgPath?SVG visualization of the capsule locus gene arrangement
tsvPathTab-delimited summary of the predicted serotype and locus coverage
resultsSet<Path>All output files to be published
logsSet<Path?>Optional program specific log files
nf_logsSet<Path>Nextflow-specific log files (e.g. .command.{begin
versionsSet<Path>A YAML formatted file with program versions

Parameters

hicap Parameters

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
--hicap_gene_coveragenumber0.8Minimum percentage coverage to consider a single gene complete
--hicap_gene_identitynumber0.7Minimum percentage identity to consider a single gene complete
--hicap_broken_gene_lengthinteger60Minimum length to consider a broken gene
--hicap_broken_gene_identitynumber0.8Minimum percentage identity to consider a broken gene

Used By

Subworkflows

  • hicap - In silico serotyping of the Haemophilus influenzae capsule locus.

Workflows

  • hicap - Identify cap locus serotype and structure in Haemophilus influenzae assemblies.

Citations

If you use this in your analysis, please cite the following.

Source

View source on GitHub

Version

HICAP:
- hicap: 1.0.4