# celera-assembler

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** wgs
+ **Support Level:** Secondary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** Open Access
+ **Home Page:** [http://wgs-assembler.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page](http://wgs-assembler.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page)

## Software Description

Celera Assembler : scientific software for biological research. Celera
Assembler is a de novo whole-genome shotgun (WGS) DNA sequence
assembler. It reconstructs long sequences of genomic DNA from
fragmentary data produced by [whole-genome shotgun
sequencing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_sequencing "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_sequencing"){rel="nofollow"}
.
## General Linux

To load this module for use in a Linux environment, you can run the command:

	module load wgs

Depending on where you are working, there may be more than one version of wgs available.
To see which modules are available for loading you can run:

	module avail wgs