bp_query_entrez_taxa - query Entrez taxonomy database and print out information
bp_query_entrez_taxa "Homo sapiens" "Saccharomyces cerevisiae" Rhizopus Metazoa bp_query_entrez_taxa -gi 28800981 -gi 54301680 -db nucleotide bp_query_entrez_taxa -gi 71836523 -db protein
Provide the genus and species name in quotes, you can also query for a non-species node like Family or Order
Command-line options: -v or --verbose : print verbose debugging info -gi : one or many GI numbers to lookup taxon id for -db : the sequence db (nucleotide or protein) the GI is for
other arguments are assumed to be species names to lookup in taxonomy db
Jason Stajich jason-at-bioperl-dot-org
To install Bio::Seq, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Bio::Seq
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Bio::Seq
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.