[Biopython] sff into fasta and qual -> trim

Peter Cock p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com
Tue Oct 23 16:16:30 UTC 2012


On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Kiss, Csaba <csaba.kiss at lanl.gov> wrote:
> I am new to bio-python. I am trying to replace mothur with BioPython.
> I hope that biopython is faster than mothur. All I want to do is this:
>
> sffinfo(sff=sd11.fasta)
> trim.seqs(fasta=sd11.fasta, qfile=sd11.qual, minlength = 50, maxhomop=8, qwindowsize=50, qwindowaverage =22)
>
> Can someone help me to translate the two mothur statements above to biopython, please?
> It would be greatly appreciated.
> thanks

I saw your other email first, and replied to that:
http://lists.open-bio.org/pipermail/biopython/2012-October/008217.html

(On the bright side, it looks like your subscription to the mailing list
has worked this time :) - welcome!)

Peter



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