convert tax.summary file into krona

Integrating mothur with other programs
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Hi all,

I tried to play with krona and it’s my understanding that we can use the xxx_list.0.03.cons.tax.summary file from mothur and krona excel template to make krona .html file for visualization. I even found a py script for converting, but I don’t know the basic of py yet, so I didn’t make it work. I was wondering how to use the tax.summary output to make the krona output, please? Basically I would need to know what do we need to copy and paste into the krona excel template. The template krona gives contains column B: amount, column C:sore(optional) column D:category 1, column E: category 2 etc… I’ve tried to copy and paste “taxon” under “catergory 1”, and “total” under “amount”, but it doesn’t seem to be right.

Thanks much.

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Sorry, I’ve never heard of krona and we aren’t supporting it at this point.

Pat

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I made a few tweaks to accaldwell’s python script so it works with the current format of the tax.summary files