We've just released version 0.1.1 of the amino acid sequence toolkit (AASTK). 

This update fixes some minor bugs we came across in the first weeks after release 0.1.0, such as a missing CASM plot, formatting of single CUGO plots and unclarity in the --metadata flag. A full changelog is available on the AASTK github page.

Associating environmental metadata with microbial genomes retrieved from metagenomes is a notoriously hard problem. Metadata for the source sample(s) is often limited, and can be hard to retrieve at scale.

We are very happy to announce the first release of the the amino acid sequence toolkit (AASTK). 

The r232 release of the GlobDB is in preparation, and will be based on the upcoming GTDB release. The existing data sources in the GlobDB will be dereplicated against the new GTDB release. In addition, we will include genomes from the data sources listed below if they represent species that aren't present in the INSDC databases or previous GlobDB releases.

On Wednesday February 18th the Life Science Compute Cluster (LiSC) that hosts the GlobDB will be shut off for maintenance. This means no downloads will be possible that day (at least during European day time). If all goes well, LiSC will be back up the next day.

The anvi'o team just released v9 "Eunice". Anvi'o v9 is the first stable release in nearly two years, and comes with a lot of changes relative to v8. See the release notes here.

Why is this important for the GlobDB?