# diamond

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** diamond
+ **Support Level:** Secondary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** Open Access
+ **Home Page:** [https://github.com/bbuchfink/diamond](https://github.com/bbuchfink/diamond)

## Software Description

From the DIAMOND website: \"DIAMOND is a new high-throughput program for
aligning DNA reads or protein sequences against a protein reference
database such as NR, at up to 20,000 times the speed of BLAST, with high
sensitivity.\"
## General Linux

To use this software interactively in a Linux environment, use the
commands:

    module load diamond
    diamond [COMMAND] [OPTIONS]

Instructions for the use of DIAMOND can be found on the [developer\'s
website.](https://github.com/bbuchfink/diamond)