What is Mastodon?

(Skip ahead if you know how the internet works) When I was a teenager I used to moderate a phpBB web forum that my friend had set up. It…

How to use rMLST and its application to Acinetobacter

In the previous post , I describe rMLST ( Jolley et al. 2012 ) as a ready and able alternative for species without existing MLST schemes…

Downloading and installing software for the rMLST comparison

These are some notes for how to install software and fetch the data required for the rMLST comparison in Acintobacter . Setting up conda…

In support of rMLST

There is a follow up post where I dive into the usage of rMLST and apply it futher to Acinetobacter . I am a big fan of ribosomal MLST…

Drawing phylogenetic trees with Microreact

I make a lot of phylogenetic trees, and I have used a lot of different programs. In this post, I want to show you how to get the most out of…