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bio-metagenomics-strain-tracking

Maintainer FreedomIntelligence · Last updated April 1, 2026

Track bacterial strains using MASH, sourmash, fastANI, and inStrain. Compare genomes, detect contamination, and monitor strain-level variation. Use when needing sub-species resolution for outbreak tracking, transmission analysis, or within-host strain dynamics.

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Original source

FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills

https://github.com/FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills/tree/main/skills/bio-metagenomics-strain-tracking

Maintainer
FreedomIntelligence
License
MIT
Last updated
April 1, 2026

Skill Snapshot

Key Details From SKILL.md

2 min

Key Notes

  • CLI: mash dist, sourmash compare, fastANI, inStrain profile.
  • Track bacterial strains across my samples" → Resolve sub-species variation using genome sketching (Mash/sourmash), average nucleotide identity (fastANI), or within-sample strain profiling (inStrain) for outbreak tracking and transmission analysis. CLI: mash dist, sourmash compare, fastANI, inStrain profile.
  • Identify and track bacterial strains at sub-species resolution.
  • mash sketch -o genome.msh genome.fasta.

Source Doc

Excerpt From SKILL.md

Tool Comparison

ToolMethodBest For
MASHMinHash sketchesFast distance estimation
sourmashMinHash + containmentMetagenome comparisons
fastANIANI calculationAccurate species/strain ID
inStrainSNV profilingStrain dynamics in metagenomes

Multiple genomes

mash sketch -o reference_db.msh genomes/*.fasta

From reads (with coverage)

mash sketch -m 2 -r -o reads.msh reads.fastq.gz

Use cases

  • Use when needing sub-species resolution for outbreak tracking, transmission analysis, or within-host strain dynamics.

Not for

  • Do not rely on this catalog entry alone for installation or maintenance details.

Upstream Related Skills

  • metagenomics/kraken-classification - Taxonomic classification
  • genome-assembly/contamination-detection - Contamination screening
  • phylogenetics/modern-tree-inference - Phylogenetic analysis
  • metagenomics/metaphlan-profiling - Species profiling

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