Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Licensing
• Running Instructions
• More Information

Introduction

According to its website "Kraken is a system for assigning taxonomic labels to short DNA sequences, usually obtained through metagenomic studies."

Kraken has been installed on several WestGrid systems. See the Software Versions tab for details on the specific versions that are available.

Please see the JELLYFISH page if you want to build your own database in Kraken.

Licensing

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE

Running Instructions

See the Software Versions tab for details on how to run Kraken on different WestGrid systems.

For More Information

Kraken home page (external link) and its user group on Google.