NAME

bc_relative_to_absolute - Convert relative abundances into absolute

SYNOPSIS

bc_relative_to_absolute -input_files      my_communities.generic \
                        -abundance_file   my_counts.tsv          \
                        -round_abundance  1                      \
                        -output_prefix    my_results

DESCRIPTION

This script reads files containing biological communities and a file of abundance for these communities. The relative abundance of each member is multiplied by the total abundance for its community and rounded (if requested) to obtain the absolute abundance of this member.

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS

-if <input_files>... | -input_files <input_files>...

Input files containing the communities to process. All files must have the same format, which can be one of generic (tab-delimited table), qiime, gaas or unifrac. See Bio::Community::IO for more information on these format.

-af <abundance_file> | -abundance_file <abundance_file>

File containing the total abundance for each community. Each line in the file should be tab-separated and have two columns: community name, total abundance.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS

-ra <round_abundance> | -round_abundance <round_abundance>

Specify whether or not the absolute abundance should be rounded to the nearest integer. Default: round_abundance.default

-op <output_prefix> | -output_prefix <output_prefix>

Path and prefix for the output files. Several output files will be created if the requested output format can only hold a single community. Default: output_prefix.default

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR - Florent Angly

Email florent.angly@gmail.com