What problem does it solve?
Scikit-bio removes the friction of moving between sequence data, phylogenetic trees, diversity metrics, ordination, and statistical tests so researchers can analyze biological datasets in one workflow.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Sequence and alignment analysis: Work with DNA, RNA, and protein sequences, including motif search, translation, and pairwise alignment.
- Phylogenetics and community ecology: Build trees, calculate alpha and beta diversity, compute UniFrac, run PCoA, and perform PERMANOVA or Mantel tests.
- File interoperability: Read and write FASTA, FASTQ, Newick, BIOM, and other common bioinformatics formats.
- Use case: A microbiome researcher can move from a BIOM table and tree to diversity summaries, ordination plots, and significance testing without switching libraries.
Quick Start
Use the scikit-bio skill to analyze a microbiome dataset by reading the table and tree, calculating diversity, and summarizing the results in plain language.