====== BLAST+ ======

**BLAST+** is a software module available on **Comet**.

===== BLAST+ overview =====

To access **BLAST+** on Comet, run ''module load BLAST+''. This will load the //default// version of **BLAST+**.

An overview of the module information is shown below (''module -r spider ^BLAST+$''):

<code lang=text>
  BLAST+: BLAST+/2.16.0-gompi-2024a
    Description:
      Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, or BLAST, is an algorithm for comparing primary biological sequence information, such as the
      amino-acid sequences of different proteins or the nucleotides of DNA sequences.

     Other possible modules matches:
        BLAST

    This module can be loaded directly: module load BLAST+/2.16.0-gompi-2024a

    Help:
      
      Description
      ===========
      Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, or BLAST, is an algorithm
       for comparing primary biological sequence information, such as the amino-acid
       sequences of different proteins or the nucleotides of DNA sequences.
      
      More information
      ================
       - Homepage: https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
      

  To find other possible module matches execute:

      $ module -r spider '.*BLAST+.*'
</code>

If there are multiple versions of **BLAST+** listed, then you can load a //specific// version as follows:
<code lang=bash>
$ module load BLAST+/version_string
</code>

You can find the most //up to date information// whilst logged on to Comet by running ''module -r spider ^BLAST+$''.

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===== BLAST+ Help =====

The module **BLAST+** has the following embedded help text (''module help BLAST+''):

<code lang=text>Description
===========
Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, or BLAST, is an algorithm
 for comparing primary biological sequence information, such as the amino-acid
 sequences of different proteins or the nucleotides of DNA sequences.

More information
================
 - Homepage: https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

</code>

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===== BLAST+ Dependencies =====

The //default// version of the module **BLAST+** has the following dependencies:

   * gompi/2024a
   * zlib/1.3.1-GCCcore-13.3.0
   * bzip2/1.0.8-GCCcore-13.3.0
   * zstd/1.5.6-GCCcore-13.3.0
   * PCRE/8.45-GCCcore-13.3.0
   * Boost/1.85.0-GCC-13.3.0
   * GMP/6.3.0-GCCcore-13.3.0
   * libpng/1.6.43-GCCcore-13.3.0
   * libjpeg-turbo/3.0.1-GCCcore-13.3.0
   * LMDB/0.9.31-GCCcore-13.3.0
   * SQLite/3.45.3-GCCcore-13.3.0

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