BLAST+ is a software module available on Comet.
To access BLAST+ on Comet, run module load BLAST+. This will load the default version of BLAST+.
module load BLAST+
An overview of the module information is shown below (module -r spider ^BLAST+$):
module -r spider ^BLAST+$
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+.*'
If there are multiple versions of BLAST+ listed, then you can load a specific version as follows:
$ module load BLAST+/version_string
You can find the most up to date information whilst logged on to Comet by running module -r spider ^BLAST+$.
The module BLAST+ has the following embedded help text (module help BLAST+):
module help BLAST+
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/
The default version of the module BLAST+ has the following dependencies:
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