Compare Variants Across Samples

Compare Variants Across Samples can be used to compare samples originating from strains or species sharing a common reference. Input should be sequence lists of trimmed reads for which host reads have been removed, e.g. using Taxonomic Profiling, see Taxonomic Profiling.

As the workflow removes duplicate mapped reads, amplicon data is not recommended as input. However, the workflow can be modified to work on amplicon data by opening a copy of the workflow, removing the Remove Duplicate Mapped Reads tool and saving the modified workflow.

To run the Compare Variants Across Samples workflow, go to

        Toolbox | Template Workflows (Image workflow_group) | Microbial Workflows (Image mgm_folder_closed_flat_16_h_p) | Typing and Epidemiology (Image typing_epi_folder_closed_16_h_p) | Compare Variants Across Samples (Image compare_var_across_16_h_p)

An overview of the workflow can be seen in figure 2.22.

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Figure 2.22: An overview of the Compare Variants Across Samples workflow

Saving the workflow output will generate the files shown in (figure 2.26) and optionally, a workflow result metadata table.

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Figure 2.26: Output from Compare Variants Across Samples workflow

The workflow generates outputs for each batch analysis run as well as a folder for each sample. For each sample, the following is output:

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Figure 2.27: The track list generated for each sample analysis

For each batch analysis run, the following outputs are generated:

For more information on the Create SNP Tree tool, see Create SNP Tree.