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Outputs

Pipeline Overview:

The workflow will generate outputs in the following order:

  • Validation
    • Responsible for QC of metadata
    • Aligns sample metadata .xlsx to sample .fasta
    • Formats metadata into .tsv format
  • Annotation
    • Extracts features from .gff
    • Aligns features
    • Annotates sample genomes outputting .gff
  • Submission
    • Formats for database submission
    • This section runs twice, with the second run occurring after a wait time to allow for all samples to be uploaded to NCBI.

Output Directory Formatting:

The outputs are recorded in the directory specified within the nextflow.config file and will contain the following:

  • validation_outputs (name configurable with val_output_dir)
    • name of metadata sample file
      • errors
      • fasta
      • tsv_per_sample
  • liftoff_outputs (name configurable with final_liftoff_output_dir)
    • name of metadata sample file
      • errors
      • fasta
      • liftoff
      • tbl
  • vadr_outputs (name configurable with vadr_output_dir)
    • name of metadata sample file
    • errors
    • fasta
    • gffs
    • tbl
  • bakta_outputs (name configurable with bakta_output_dir)
    • name of metadata sample file
    • fasta
    • gff
    • tbl
  • submission_outputs (name and path configurable with submission_output_dir)
    • name of annotation results (Liftoff or VADR, etc.)
      • individual_sample_batch_info
      • biosample_sra
      • genbank
      • accessions.csv
    • terminal_outputs
    • commands_used

Understanding Pipeline Outputs:

The pipeline outputs include:

  • metadata.tsv files for each sample
  • separate fasta files for each sample
  • separate gff files for each sample
  • separate tbl files containing feature information for each sample
  • submission log file
    • This output is found in the submission_outputs file in your specified output_directory