Usage

How to run bold_retriever

You have to choose one of the databases available from BOLD http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/resources/api?type=idengine and enter it as argument:

  • COX1_SPECIES
  • COX1
  • COX1_SPECIES_PUBLIC
  • COX1_L640bp

For example:

python bold_retriever.py -f ZA2013-0565.fasta -db COX1_SPECIES

The output should look like this:

seq_id            bold_id        similarity  division  class    order    family         species                      collection_country
TE-14-27_FHYP_av  FIDIP558-11    0.9884      animal    Insecta  Diptera  None           Diptera                      Finland
TE-14-27_FHYP_av  GBDP6413-09    0.9242      animal    Insecta  Diptera  Hippoboscidae  Ornithomya anchineura        None
TE-14-27_FHYP_av  GBDP2916-07    0.922       animal    Insecta  Diptera  Hippoboscidae  Stenepteryx hirundinis       None
TE-14-27_FHYP_av  GBDP2919-07    0.9149      animal    Insecta  Diptera  Hippoboscidae  Ornithomya biloba            None
TE-14-27_FHYP_av  GBDP2908-07    0.9078      animal    Insecta  Diptera  Hippoboscidae  Ornithoctona sp. P-20        None
TE-14-27_FHYP_av  GBDP2918-07    0.9076      animal    Insecta  Diptera  Hippoboscidae  Ornithomya chloropus         None
TE-14-27_FHYP_av  GBDP2935-07    0.8936      animal    Insecta  Diptera  Hippoboscidae  Crataerina pallida           None
TE-14-27_FHYP_av  GBMIN26225-13  0.8889      animal    Insecta  Diptera  Calliphoridae  Lucilia sericata             None
TE-14-27_FHYP_av  GBDP5820-09    0.8833      animal    Insecta  Diptera  Muscidae       Coenosia tigrina             None
TE-14-27_FHYP_av  GBMIN26204-13  0.883       animal    Insecta  Diptera  Calliphoridae  Lucilia cuprina              None
TE-14-27_FHYP_av  GBMIN18768-13  0.8823      animal    Insecta  Diptera  Hippoboscidae  Ornithoctona erythrocephala  Brazil

As an alternative you can use bold_retriever as a Python module

To use Bold Retriever in a project:

>>> from Bio import SeqIO
>>> from bold_retriever import bold_retriever as br

>>> # database from BOLD
>>> db = "COX1_SPECIES"

>>> all_ids = []
>>> for seq_record in SeqIO.parse("tests/ionx13.fas", "fasta"):
...    my_ids = br.request_id(seq_record.seq, seq_record.id, db)
Psocoptera 0.9796
Selenops mexicanus 0.8933
Austrophorocera Janzen03 0.8736
Austrophorocera Janzen04 0.8667
Lepidoptera 0.8667
Proechimys simonsi 0.8667
Diptera 0.8667
Scathophaga stercoraria 0.8667
Culex quinquefasciatus 0.8667
Folsomia fimetaria L1 0.8652
Lepidopsocidae sp. RS-2001 0.8639
lepidopsocid RS-2001 0.8639
Selenops micropalpus 0.859
Geocoris pallidipennis 0.8586
Selenops sp. 2 SCC-2009 0.8571
Mermessus trilobatus 0.8571
Drosophila neotestacea 0.8571
Hemiptera 0.8556
Miromantis mirandula 0.8537
Houghia gracilis 0.8533
Adoxophyes nr. marmarygodes 0.8533
Trichoptera 0.8533
Araneae 0.8533
Hydroporus morio 0.8533
Rodentia 0.8533

In that case the output will be contained in the variable my_ids and will look like this:

[{'bold_id': 'FIPSO166-14',
'collection_country': 'Finland',
'id': 'ionx13',
'seq': 'AATTTGAGCTGGTATACTTGGGACTAGTTTAAGAATCTTAATTCGACTTGAGTTAGGCCAACCAGGTTTATTtttAGAAGATGACCAAACATATAATGTTATCGTTACCGCTCACGCTTTTATTATAATTttttttATAGTAATACCAATATA',
'similarity': '0.9796',
'tax_id': 'Psocoptera'},
{'bold_id': 'GBCH4611-10',
'collection_country': 'None',
'id': 'ionx13',
'seq': 'AATTTGAGCTGGTATACTTGGGACTAGTTTAAGAATCTTAATTCGACTTGAGTTAGGCCAACCAGGTTTATTtttAGAAGATGACCAAACATATAATGTTATCGTTACCGCTCACGCTTTTATTATAATTttttttATAGTAATACCAATATA',
'similarity': '0.8933',
'tax_id': 'Selenops mexicanus'},
{'bold_id': 'ASTAQ477-06',
'collection_country': 'Costa Rica',
'id': 'ionx13',
'seq': 'AATTTGAGCTGGTATACTTGGGACTAGTTTAAGAATCTTAATTCGACTTGAGTTAGGCCAACCAGGTTTATTtttAGAAGATGACCAAACATATAATGTTATCGTTACCGCTCACGCTTTTATTATAATTttttttATAGTAATACCAATATA',
'similarity': '0.8736',
'tax_id': 'Austrophorocera Janzen03'},
{'bold_id': 'ASTAR353-07',
'collection_country': 'Costa Rica',
'id': 'ionx13',
'seq': 'AATTTGAGCTGGTATACTTGGGACTAGTTTAAGAATCTTAATTCGACTTGAGTTAGGCCAACCAGGTTTATTtttAGAAGATGACCAAACATATAATGTTATCGTTACCGCTCACGCTTTTATTATAATTttttttATAGTAATACCAATATA',
'similarity': '0.8667',
'tax_id': 'Austrophorocera Janzen04'}]