The goal of this python package is to offer a flexible, adaptable, and well-defined solution for taxonomy and accession number lookup. DeTaxa empowers users to seamlessly integrate their self-defined taxonomies into existing taxonomy systems. This library readily accommodates a range of widely used taxonomic systems, including NCBI taxonomy, EBI MGnify lineage, and GTDB taxonomy. By utilizing DeTaxa, users have the ability to create and import their customized taxonomies complete with lineages into their preferred taxonomic system. DeTaxa maintains compatibility with taxonomy files produced by Krona (Ondov et. al., 2011).

Use python setup-tool or pip to install this package:

python setup.py install

or

pip install .

(Optional) You can run detaxa update to download current taxanomy file from NCBI.

Use as a python module:

#import taxonomy as module
import detaxa.taxonomy as t

#load taxonomy info
t.loadTaxonomy()

#convert taxid to name
name = t.taxid2name(tid)

or, run as a standalone converter:

$ detaxa query -i 2697049

Part of the codes are inspired and ported from Krona taxonomy tool written in Perl.