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Megan on Helix

MEGAN is a MEtaGenome ANalyzer. It can read Blast output. Normally this program would be run on your own desktop, but MEGAN is a memory hog, and some desktop systems may not have enough memory to handle a large dataset.

MEGAN was developed by D. H. Huson et al at U. Tübingen. MEGAN website

MEGAN is a graphical (GUI) program. To run MEGAN on Helix, set up an X-windows connection to Helix, and type 'megan'.

Sample session:

helix% megan

Documentation

MEGAN documentation at the U. Tübingen site