A bioinformatics tool designed to enable rapid recovery of high-quality draft genomes of microbial eukaryotes from various environmental metagenomic samples.

Github: https://github.com/RogerLab/Eukfinder

Use Guide (work in process): https://github.com/RogerLab/Eukfinder/wiki

Conda installation package: https://anaconda.org/bioconda/eukfinder

Binning Workflow (work in process): https://github.com/RogerLab/MetagenomeBinningWorkflow

Tips and Tricks Talk Slides: https://perun.biochem.dal.ca/downloads/icgvideo/TAT/TT_Apr24_Eukfinder_Anvio.pdf

Updated Database Locations for Eukfinder (v1.2.4)

 Centrifuge: /scratch3/Eukfinder/DB/Centrifuge_DB/  (Sept 2020, gut environment focused)
             /scratch3/Eukfinder/DB/Centrifuge_DB_2024/    (Nov 2024, marine environment focused)
             /scratch5/db/Eukfinder/Centrifuge/ABV/        (Apr 2025, Bacteria/Archaea/Virus refseq)
 PLAST:      /scratch3/Eukfinder/DB/PLAST_DB/  (Sept 2020, gut environment focused)
             /misc/scratch3/Eukfinder/DB/PLAST_DB_2024/    (Nov 2024, marine environment focused)

Important Notes for v1.2.4

1. The newest version removes the need for acc2tax.

2. Only Centrifuge_DB and PLAST_DB are required.

3. Eukfinder v1.2.4 is not yet installed globally on Perun.

How to Run Eukfinder v1.2.4 on Perun

 source activate eukfinder
 Eukfinder=/misc/scratch3/Eukfinder/eukfinder.py
 python $Eukfinder [arguments]

<Last updated by Dandan Zhao on Apr 28, 2025>