Kraken

Kraken is a system for assigning taxonomic labels to short DNA sequences, usually obtained through metagenomic studies.

To find out more, visit the Kraken website.

Running Kraken

Module

Version

Kraken2

2.0.8-beta-foss-2018b-Perl-5.28.0
2.0.9-beta-foss-2018b-Perl-5.28.0
2.1.1-foss-2020b-Perl-5.32.0
2.1.2-gompi-2021a

To see available versions when logged into Saga issue command

module spider Kraken2

To use Kraken type

module load Kraken2/<version>

License Information

Kraken is available under the MIT license.

It is the user’s responsibility to make sure they adhere to the license agreements.

Citation

When publishing results obtained with the software referred to, please do check the developers web page in order to find the correct citation(s).