Glossary of tags #
- A - #
ac :
Accession number of the ecoPCR record used as template. ( obiconvert)
aho_corasick :
Total number of occurrences of the provided motifs detected by the Aho–Corasick search. ( obiannotate)
aho_corasick_Fwd :
Number of motif matches on the forward strand when running the Aho–Corasick scanner. ( obiannotate)
aho_corasick_Rev :
Number of motif matches on the reverse complement strand produced by the Aho–Corasick scanner. ( obiannotate)
ali_dir :
Orientation of the alignment window when overlapping reads are aligned ("left" or "right"). ( obikmersim, obipairing)
ali_length :
Length of the aligned region considered when assembling paired reads. ( obikmersim, obipairing)
amplicon_length :
Expected size of the in silico amplicon described in an ecoPCR record. ( obiconvert)
- C - #
chimera :
Flag produced by obiclean identifying sequences detected as chimeric. ( obiclean)
count :
Number of occurrences of the dereplicated sequence in the dataset.
- D - #
definition :
Text description kept from the original FASTA/FASTQ definition line.
demultiplex_error :
Human‑readable reason explaining why a read could not be assigned to a PCR sample. ( obimultiplex, obipcr)
direction :
Orientation of the read with respect to the primer set (forward or reverse). ( obimultiplex, obipcr)
- E - #
Entropies :
Per‑base minimal entropy measured while masking low-complexity regions. ( obilowmask)
experiment :
Experiment identifier assigned to each multiplexed sample in the NGS filter. ( obimultiplex, obitagpcr)
- F - #
family_name :
Scientific name of the family containing the ecoPCR reference sequence. ( obiconvert)
family_taxid :
NCBI taxid of the family containing the ecoPCR reference sequence. ( obiconvert)
forward_error :
Number of mismatches tolerated between the read and the forward primer. ( obimultiplex, obipcr)
forward_match :
Sequence of the forward primer match extracted from the read. ( obimultiplex, obipcr)
forward_mismatch :
Mismatch count reported in ecoPCR reference entries for the forward primer. ( obiconvert)
forward_primer :
Forward primer sequence used while demultiplexing or during in silico PCR. ( obiconvert, obimultiplex, obipcr)
forward_tag :
Sample tag (index) identified on the forward side of a read. ( obimultiplex, obipcr)
forward_tm :
Melting temperature of the forward primer reported by ecoPCR. ( obiconvert)
- G - #
genus_name :
Scientific name of the genus containing the ecoPCR reference sequence. ( obiconvert)
genus_taxid :
NCBI taxid of the genus containing the ecoPCR reference sequence. ( obiconvert)
- L - #
landmark_coord :
Coordinate of a reference sequence in the landmark space produced by obilandmark. ( obilandmark)
landmark_id :
Identifier of the landmark sequence used as axis when building the landmark space. ( obilandmark)
- M - #
mask :
Scale (window size) that triggered masking of each nucleotide during entropy masking. ( obilowmask)
merged_sample :
Map storing the abundance of each sample contributing to a merged record. ( obimatrix, obiuniq)
microsat :
Sequence of the detected microsatellite region. ( obimicrosat)
microsat_from :
1-based start position of the detected microsatellite. ( obimicrosat)
microsat_left :
Left flanking region kept around the detected microsatellite. ( obimicrosat)
microsat_right :
Right flanking region kept around the detected microsatellite. ( obimicrosat)
microsat_to :
End position (1-based, inclusive) of the detected microsatellite. ( obimicrosat)
microsat_unit :
Minimal repeat unit sequence describing the microsatellite. ( obimicrosat)
microsat_unit_count :
Number of times the minimal unit is repeated inside the microsatellite. ( obimicrosat)
microsat_unit_length :
Length (in bases) of the minimal repeat unit in the microsatellite. ( obimicrosat)
microsat_unit_normalized :
Canonical representation of the repeat unit, normalized for strand orientation. ( obimicrosat)
microsat_unit_orientation :
Orientation ("direct" or "reverse") of the repeat unit with respect to the original read. ( obimicrosat)
mode :
Whether a paired-read assembly comes from an actual alignment or from simply joining reads. ( obipairing)
- O - #
obiclean_cluster :
Identifier of the obiclean cluster containing the sequence. ( obiclean)
obiclean_head :
Boolean flag indicating that the sequence is the most abundant variant in its cluster. ( obiclean)
obiclean_headcount :
Abundance of the cluster head sequence. ( obiclean)
obiclean_internalcount :
Cumulated abundance of internal (non-head, non-singleton) variants in the obiclean cluster. ( obiclean)
obiclean_mutation :
Edit description used by obiclean to label the relationship between a sequence and its head. ( obiclean)
obiclean_samplecount :
Total abundance (head + internal + singleton) of the obiclean cluster. ( obiclean)
obiclean_singletoncount :
Number of singleton variants linked to the head in the obiclean graph. ( obiclean)
obiclean_status :
Final obiclean status (head/internal/singleton/bad) attributed to the sequence. ( obiclean)
obiclean_weight :
Relative weight computed for each sequence during obiclean consensus building. ( obiclean)
obicleandb_dist :
Distance distribution between a reference and its neighbors during database cleaning. ( obicleandb)
obicleandb_level :
Taxonomic rank (none/genus/family) reached during the obicleandb validation workflow. ( obicleandb)
obicleandb_median :
Median similarity score within the accepted cluster around a reference sequence. ( obicleandb)
obicleandb_scores :
Raw similarity scores observed for the reference during database validation. ( obicleandb)
obicleandb_trusted :
Probability assigned by obicleandb that the reference sequence is trustworthy. ( obicleandb)
obicleandb_trusted_on :
Number of supporting sequences used to compute the obicleandb trust score. ( obicleandb)
obiconsensus_consensus :
Boolean flag indicating whether a sequence is a consensus sequence produced by obiconsensus. ( obiconsensus)
obiconsensus_filtered_graph_size :
Size of the kmer graph after filtering low-coverage nodes. ( obiconsensus)
obiconsensus_full_graph_size :
Size of the full kmer graph before filtering. ( obiconsensus)
obiconsensus_kmer_max_occur :
Maximum abundance observed for any kmer in the graph used to build the consensus. ( obiconsensus)
obiconsensus_kmer_size :
Kmer size actually used to build the consensus for the sequence. ( obiconsensus)
obiconsensus_seq_length :
Length of the consensus sequence returned by obiconsensus. ( obiconsensus)
obiconsensus_weight :
Cumulated weight (number of supporting reads) of the consensus sequence. ( obiconsensus)
obikmer_ali_length :
Alignment length between the query and the best kmer-matched reference. ( obikmersim)
obikmer_fast_count :
Number of shared kmers discovered during the fast filtering phase. ( obikmersim)
obikmer_fast_overlap :
Estimated overlap length inferred from the kmer matching step. ( obikmersim)
obikmer_fast_score :
Fast alignment score computed before the full alignment stage. ( obikmersim)
obikmer_identity :
Proportion of identical bases in the alignment computed after kmer matching. ( obikmersim)
obikmer_kmer_size :
Size of the kmers that were indexed to perform the similarity search. ( obikmersim)
obikmer_match_count :
Number of references sharing at least the requested number of kmers with the query. ( obikmersim)
obikmer_match_id :
Identifier of the reference sequence selected as best match for a query ("-rev" when aligning the reverse complement). ( obikmersim)
obikmer_orientation :
Orientation (forward/reverse) used when aligning the query to the best kmer match. ( obikmersim)
obikmer_residual_id :
Identity computed after removing the minimal number of shared kmers from the alignment. ( obikmersim)
obikmer_score :
Alignment score resulting from the Smith–Waterman extension after kmer matching. ( obikmersim)
obikmer_score_norm :
Alignment score normalized by alignment length for kmer-based matches. ( obikmersim)
obikmer_sparse_kmer :
Indicates whether sparse kmers were used while building the index. ( obikmersim)
obilowmask_error :
Reason why the sequence could not be processed during low-complexity masking. ( obilowmask)
obimultiplex_amplicon_rank :
Rank of the barcode match among all amplicons compatible with the read. ( obimultiplex)
obimultiplex_direction :
Orientation of the read determined during barcode extraction (forward or reverse). ( obimultiplex, obitagpcr)
obimultiplex_error :
Explanation of the failure encountered during barcode extraction. ( obimultiplex, obitagpcr)
obimultiplex_forward_error :
Mismatch count observed between the read and the forward primer in the NGS filter. ( obimultiplex, obitagpcr)
obimultiplex_forward_match :
Portion of the read matching the forward primer. ( obimultiplex, obitagpcr)
obimultiplex_forward_matching :
Matching model (strict/hamming/indel) used to interpret the forward primer. ( obimultiplex)
obimultiplex_forward_mismatches :
Forward primer mismatch count propagated to paired reads during PCR tagging. ( obitagpcr)
obimultiplex_forward_primer :
Forward primer sequence fetched from the NGS filter entry assigned to the read. ( obimultiplex)
obimultiplex_forward_proposed_tag :
Forward tag proposed by the error-tolerant search before validation. ( obimultiplex)
obimultiplex_forward_tag :
Forward sample tag assigned to the read. ( obimultiplex, obitagpcr)
obimultiplex_forward_tag_dist :
Edit distance between the observed tag and the expected forward tag. ( obimultiplex)
obimultiplex_reverse_error :
Mismatch count observed between the read and the reverse primer in the NGS filter. ( obimultiplex, obitagpcr)
obimultiplex_reverse_match :
Portion of the read matching the reverse primer. ( obimultiplex, obitagpcr)
obimultiplex_reverse_matching :
Matching model (strict/hamming/indel) used to interpret the reverse primer. ( obimultiplex)
obimultiplex_reverse_mismatches :
Reverse primer mismatch count propagated to paired reads during PCR tagging. ( obitagpcr)
obimultiplex_reverse_primer :
Reverse primer sequence fetched from the NGS filter entry assigned to the read. ( obimultiplex)
obimultiplex_reverse_proposed_tag :
Reverse tag proposed by the error-tolerant search before validation. ( obimultiplex)
obimultiplex_reverse_tag :
Reverse sample tag assigned to the read. ( obimultiplex, obitagpcr)
obimultiplex_reverse_tag_dist :
Edit distance between the observed tag and the expected reverse tag. ( obimultiplex)
obisplit_frg :
Index of the fragment produced by obisplit from the original read. ( obisplit)
obisplit_group :
Name of the splitting group (pool or pattern pair) to which the fragment belongs. ( obisplit)
obisplit_left_error :
Mismatch count tolerated on the left delimiting pattern. ( obisplit)
obisplit_left_match :
Sequence matched by the left delimiting pattern. ( obisplit)
obisplit_left_pattern :
Name of the pattern that delimited the left boundary. ( obisplit)
obisplit_location :
Coordinates of the fragment extracted by obisplit (start..end, 1-based). ( obisplit)
obisplit_nfrg :
Total number of fragments produced from the source read. ( obisplit)
obisplit_right_error :
Mismatch count tolerated on the right delimiting pattern. ( obisplit)
obisplit_right_match :
Sequence matched by the right delimiting pattern. ( obisplit)
obisplit_right_pattern :
Name of the pattern that delimited the right boundary. ( obisplit)
obisplit_set :
Label of the pattern set (pool) used to extract a fragment. ( obisplit)
obitag_bestid :
Best identity score obtained when tagging a sequence with reference databases. ( obitag)
obitag_bestmatch :
Identifier of the best matching reference sequence used for taxonomic assignment. ( obitag)
obitag_coord :
Geographic coordinates of the query when using geometric tagging. ( obitag)
obitag_geomref_index :
Distance index (difference → taxon) stored for landmark-based geometric tagging. ( obirefidx, obitag)
obitag_match_count :
Number of reference sequences sharing the best score with the query. ( obitag)
obitag_min_dist :
Minimal geometric distance observed between the query and landmark references. ( obitag)
obitag_rank :
Taxonomic rank associated with the assigned reference taxon. ( obitag)
obitag_ref_index :
Precomputed index linking mismatch counts to reference taxa for LCS-based tagging. ( obirefidx, obitag)
obitag_similarity_method :
Identification method used by obitag ("lcs" or "geometric"). ( obitag)
- P - #
pair :
pairing_fast_count :
Number of kmers supporting the initial overlap detection between paired reads. ( obipairing)
pairing_fast_overlap :
Expected overlap length estimated from the fast pre-alignment step. ( obipairing)
pairing_fast_score :
Score computed during the fast overlap detection stage prior to full alignment. ( obipairing)
pairing_mismatches :
Map describing positions and base substitutions observed when merging paired reads. ( obipairing)
pattern :
Pattern sequence tested with
obiannotate --pattern; the tag name is prefixed when--pattern-nameis provided. ( obiannotate)pattern_error :
Number of mismatches or indels between the queried pattern and the matched subsequence (prefix follows pattern name). ( obiannotate)
pattern_location :
Genomic coordinates (forward or complement) of the matched pattern (prefix follows pattern name). ( obiannotate)
pattern_match :
Sequence fragment that matched the requested pattern (prefix follows pattern name). ( obiannotate)
- R - #
rank :
Taxonomic rank assigned to the ecoPCR reference sequence. ( obiconvert)
reffamidx_cluster_n :
Number of clusters created when indexing a family-level reference database. ( obirefidx)
reffamidx_clusterhead :
Boolean flag telling whether the reference sequence is the head of its similarity cluster. ( obirefidx)
reffamidx_clusterid :
Identifier of the cluster head that represents a reference sequence. ( obirefidx)
reffamidx_clusteridentity :
Pairwise identity between a reference sequence and the head of its family cluster. ( obirefidx)
reffamidx_id :
Unique identifier assigned to each reference sequence while building the family index. ( obirefidx)
reffamidx_in :
Index structure created for a given reference sequence to accelerate taxonomic assignment. ( obirefidx)
reverse_error :
Number of mismatches tolerated between the read and the reverse primer. ( obimultiplex, obipcr)
reverse_match :
Sequence of the reverse primer match extracted from the read. ( obimultiplex, obipcr)
reverse_mismatch :
Mismatch count reported in ecoPCR reference entries for the reverse primer. ( obiconvert)
reverse_primer :
Reverse primer sequence used while demultiplexing or during in silico PCR. ( obiconvert, obimultiplex, obipcr)
reverse_tag :
Sample tag identified on the reverse side of a read. ( obimultiplex, obipcr)
reverse_tm :
Melting temperature of the reverse primer reported by ecoPCR. ( obiconvert)
- S - #
sample :
Sample identifier assigned by the NGS filter and propagated to annotated reads. ( obimultiplex, obitagpcr)
scientific_name :
Scientific name for the current taxonomic annotation. ( obiannotate, obiconvert, obitag)
score :
Alignment score computed while merging paired reads. ( obipairing)
score_norm :
Alignment score normalized by the overlap length when assembling paired reads. ( obikmersim, obipairing)
seq_a_single :
Number of nucleotides trimmed from sequence A because they are single-stranded in the overlap. ( obikmersim, obipairing)
seq_ab_match :
Number of matching positions observed in the aligned overlap between two sequences. ( obikmersim, obipairing)
seq_b_single :
Number of nucleotides trimmed from sequence B because they are single-stranded in the overlap. ( obikmersim, obipairing)
seq_length :
Length of the sequence in nucleotides. ( obiannotate, obikmersim, obimicrosat)
seq_number :
Ordinal number assigned to sequences when numbering is requested or needed for taxonomy extraction. ( obiannotate, obiconvert)
species_name :
Scientific name of the species associated with the ecoPCR reference sequence. ( obiconvert)
species_taxid :
NCBI taxid of the species associated with the ecoPCR reference sequence. ( obiconvert)
strand :
Strand orientation stored in the ecoPCR record. ( obiconvert)
- T - #
taxid :
Taxonomic identifier of the sequence within the current taxonomy. ( obiconvert, obipcr, obitag)
taxonomic_path :
Ordered list of taxids describing the lineage of the annotated sequence. ( obiannotate)
taxonomic_rank :
Rank name corresponding to the assigned taxon. ( obiannotate)