.. _backbone-label:

Ska
==============================

Introduction
~~~~~~~~
SKA (Split Kmer Analysis) is a toolkit for prokaryotic (and any other small, haploid) DNA sequence analysis using split kmers. A split kmer is a pair of kmers in a DNA sequence that are separated by a single base. Split kmers allow rapid comparison and alignment of small genomes, and is particulalry suited for surveillance or outbreak investigation. SKA can produce split kmer files from fasta format assemblies or directly from fastq format read sequences, cluster them, align them with or without a reference sequence and provide various comparison and summary statistics. Currently all testing has been carried out on high-quality Illumina read data, so results for other platforms may vary.


| For more information, please check:
| Docker hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/ska 
| Home page: https://github.com/simonrharris/SKA

.. note::
    Please follow the recommended citation guidelines from the developers when you use the tool in research.

Versions
~~~~~~~
.. list-table::
  :width: 100 %
  :widths: 25 75
  :header-rows: 1

  * - Cluster
    - Version(s)

  * - ANVIL
    - 1.0
  * - BELL
    - 1.0
  * - GAUTSCHI
    - 1.0
  * - NEGISHI
    - 1.0
  * - SCHOLAR
    - 1.0

Commands
~~~~~~~
- ska

Module
~~~~~~~~
You can load the modules by::

    module load biocontainers
    module load ska

Example job
~~~~~
.. warning::
    Using ``#!/bin/sh -l`` as shebang in the slurm job script will cause the failure of some biocontainer modules. Please use ``#!/bin/bash`` instead.

To run ska on our clusters:

.. tab-set::

  .. tab-item:: Anvil

    .. code-block:: bash

        #!/bin/bash
        #SBATCH -A myallocation     # Allocation name
        #SBATCH -p wholenode        # Partition name
        #SBATCH -t 1:00:00
        #SBATCH -N 1
        #SBATCH -n 1
        #SBATCH --job-name=ska
        #SBATCH --mail-type=FAIL,BEGIN,END
        #SBATCH --error=%x-%J-%u.err
        #SBATCH --output=%x-%J-%u.out

        module --force purge
        module biocontainers ska

        # Your ska workflow...

  .. tab-item:: Bell, Gautschi, or Negishi

    .. code-block:: bash

        #!/bin/bash
        #SBATCH -A mygroup     # Group name
        #SBATCH -p cpu         # Partition name
        #SBATCH -q normal      # QOS name (optional)
        #SBATCH -t 1:00:00
        #SBATCH -N 1
        #SBATCH -n 1
        #SBATCH --job-name=ska
        #SBATCH --mail-type=FAIL,BEGIN,END
        #SBATCH --error=%x-%J-%u.err
        #SBATCH --output=%x-%J-%u.out

        module --force purge
        module biocontainers ska

        # Your ska workflow...

  .. tab-item:: Gautschi-AI

    .. code-block:: bash

        #!/bin/bash
        #SBATCH -A mygroup     # Group name
        #SBATCH -p ai          # Partition name
        #SBATCH --gres=gpu:1   # Number of GPUs
        #SBATCH -q normal      # QOS name (optional)
        #SBATCH -t 1:00:00
        #SBATCH -N 1
        #SBATCH -n 1
        #SBATCH --job-name=ska
        #SBATCH --mail-type=FAIL,BEGIN,END
        #SBATCH --error=%x-%J-%u.err
        #SBATCH --output=%x-%J-%u.out

        module --force purge
        module biocontainers ska

        # Your ska workflow...

  .. tab-item:: Gilbreth

    .. code-block:: bash

        #!/bin/bash
        #SBATCH -A mygroup     # Group name
        #SBATCH -p a100        # Partition name
        #SBATCH --gres=gpu:1   # Number of GPUs
        #SBATCH --mem=2G       # Memory
        #SBATCH -q normal      # QOS name (optional)
        #SBATCH -t 1:00:00
        #SBATCH -N 1
        #SBATCH -n 1
        #SBATCH --job-name=ska
        #SBATCH --mail-type=FAIL,BEGIN,END
        #SBATCH --error=%x-%J-%u.err
        #SBATCH --output=%x-%J-%u.out

        module --force purge
        module biocontainers ska

        # Your ska workflow...

  .. tab-item:: Scholar

    .. code-block:: bash

        #!/bin/bash
        #SBATCH -A queue     # Queue name
        #SBATCH -t 1:00:00
        #SBATCH -N 1
        #SBATCH -n 1
        #SBATCH --job-name=ska
        #SBATCH --mail-type=FAIL,BEGIN,END
        #SBATCH --error=%x-%J-%u.err
        #SBATCH --output=%x-%J-%u.out

        module --force purge
        module biocontainers ska

        # Your ska workflow...