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Function
Get parents of taxon(s)Description
taxgetup reads in one or more taxons, and reports the parent taxon. The taxon input may be a literal sequence or read from a database, file, file of taxon names, or even the command-line or the output of another programs. The taxon output can be written to screen, to file, or passed to another program. A wide range of standard taxon formats may be specified for input and output.Algorithm
The NCBI taxonomy records the parent of each taxon, up to a known top level 1.Usage
Here is a sample session with taxgetup
% taxgetup ttax:9606 -oformat excel Get parents of taxon(s) Taxon output file [9606.excel]: |
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Example 2
% taxgetup ttax:9606 -hidden -oformat excel Get parents of taxon(s) Taxon output file [9606.excel]: |
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Command line arguments
Get parents of taxon(s) Version: EMBOSS:6.4.0.0 Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers: [-taxons] taxon Taxon filename and optional format, or reference (input query) [-outfile] outtaxon (no help text) outtaxon value Additional (Optional) qualifiers: (none) Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers: -hidden boolean [N] Show taxons hidden in GenBank Associated qualifiers: "-taxons" associated qualifiers -iformat1 string Input taxonomy format -idbname1 string User-provided database name "-outfile" associated qualifiers -odirectory2 string Output directory -oformat2 string Taxonomy output format General qualifiers: -auto boolean Turn off prompts -stdout boolean Write first file to standard output -filter boolean Read first file from standard input, write first file to standard output -options boolean Prompt for standard and additional values -debug boolean Write debug output to program.dbg -verbose boolean Report some/full command line options -help boolean Report command line options and exit. More information on associated and general qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose -warning boolean Report warnings -error boolean Report errors -fatal boolean Report fatal errors -die boolean Report dying program messages -version boolean Report version number and exit |
Qualifier | Type | Description | Allowed values | Default |
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Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers | ||||
[-taxons] (Parameter 1) |
taxon | Taxon filename and optional format, or reference (input query) | NCBI taxonomy entries | |
[-outfile] (Parameter 2) |
outtaxon | (no help text) outtaxon value | NCBI taxonomy entries | |
Additional (Optional) qualifiers | ||||
(none) | ||||
Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers | ||||
-hidden | boolean | Show taxons hidden in GenBank | Boolean value Yes/No | No |
Associated qualifiers | ||||
"-taxons" associated taxon qualifiers | ||||
-iformat1 -iformat_taxons |
string | Input taxonomy format | Any string | |
-idbname1 -idbname_taxons |
string | User-provided database name | Any string | |
"-outfile" associated outtaxon qualifiers | ||||
-odirectory2 -odirectory_outfile |
string | Output directory | Any string | |
-oformat2 -oformat_outfile |
string | Taxonomy output format | Any string | |
General qualifiers | ||||
-auto | boolean | Turn off prompts | Boolean value Yes/No | N |
-stdout | boolean | Write first file to standard output | Boolean value Yes/No | N |
-filter | boolean | Read first file from standard input, write first file to standard output | Boolean value Yes/No | N |
-options | boolean | Prompt for standard and additional values | Boolean value Yes/No | N |
-debug | boolean | Write debug output to program.dbg | Boolean value Yes/No | N |
-verbose | boolean | Report some/full command line options | Boolean value Yes/No | Y |
-help | boolean | Report command line options and exit. More information on associated and general qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose | Boolean value Yes/No | N |
-warning | boolean | Report warnings | Boolean value Yes/No | Y |
-error | boolean | Report errors | Boolean value Yes/No | Y |
-fatal | boolean | Report fatal errors | Boolean value Yes/No | Y |
-die | boolean | Report dying program messages | Boolean value Yes/No | Y |
-version | boolean | Report version number and exit | Boolean value Yes/No | N |
Input file format
The input is a standard EMBOSS taxonomy query.
The expected source of taxonomy information is the NCBI Taxonomy database "taxon" which is available as a standard database in all EMBOSS installations.
Data can also be read from taxonomy output in "ncbi" format written by an EMBOSS application.
See: http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/TaxonFormats.html for further information on taxon formats.
Input files for usage example
'ttax:9606' is a sequence entry in the example taxonomy database 'ttax'
Database entry: ttax:9606
id: 9606 parent: 9605 rank: species emblprefix: HS division: 5 divflag: 1 gencode: 1 gcflag: 1 mitocode: 2 mgcflag 1 hidden: 1 nosequence: 1 scientific name: Homo sapiens authority: Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 genbank common name: human common name: man |
Output file format
The output is a standard EMBOSS taxon file.The results can be output in one of several styles by using the command-line qualifier -oformat xxx, where 'xxx' is replaced by the name of the required format. The available format names are: ncbi, ebi, tax, excel.
See: http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/TaxonFormats.html for further information on taxon formats.
Output files for usage example
File: 9606.excel
9605 207598 genus N Homo 9604 314295 family N Hominidae 9526 314293 parvorder N Catarrhini 376913 9443 suborder N Haplorrhini 9443 314146 order N Primates 314146 9347 superorder N Euarchontoglires 9347 32525 no rank N Eutheria 40674 32524 class N Mammalia 117571 117570 no rank N Euteleostomi 7742 89593 no rank N Vertebrata 89593 7711 subphylum N Craniata 7711 33511 phylum N Chordata 33208 33154 kingdom N Metazoa 2759 131567 superkingdom N Eukaryota |
Output files for usage example 2
File: 9606.excel
9605 207598 genus N Homo 207598 9604 subfamily Y Homininae 9604 314295 family N Hominidae 314295 9526 superfamily Y Hominoidea 9526 314293 parvorder N Catarrhini 314293 376913 infraorder Y Simiiformes 376913 9443 suborder N Haplorrhini 9443 314146 order N Primates 314146 9347 superorder N Euarchontoglires 9347 32525 no rank N Eutheria 32525 40674 no rank Y Theria 40674 32524 class N Mammalia 32524 32523 no rank Y Amniota 32523 8287 no rank Y Tetrapoda 8287 117571 no rank Y Sarcopterygii 117571 117570 no rank N Euteleostomi 117570 7776 no rank Y Teleostomi 7776 7742 superclass Y Gnathostomata 7742 89593 no rank N Vertebrata 89593 7711 subphylum N Craniata 7711 33511 phylum N Chordata 33511 33316 no rank Y Deuterostomia 33316 33213 no rank Y Coelomata 33213 6072 no rank Y Bilateria 6072 33208 no rank Y Eumetazoa 33208 33154 kingdom N Metazoa 33154 2759 no rank Y Fungi/Metazoa group 2759 131567 superkingdom N Eukaryota 131567 1 no rank Y cellular organisms |
Data files
The NCBI Taxonomy Ontology is included in EMBOSS as local database taxon.Notes
None.References
None.Warnings
None.Diagnostic Error Messages
None.Exit status
It always exits with status 0.Known bugs
None.See also
Program name | Description |
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taxget | Get taxon(s) |
taxgetdown | Get descendants of taxon(s) |
taxgetrank | Get parents of taxon(s) |
taxgetspecies | Get all species under taxon(s) |
Author(s)
Peter RiceEuropean Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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