iPhylo

iPhylo automates the construction and interactive annotation of biological and chemical taxonomic trees for systematic exploration of organisms and metabolites.

Key Features:

• Tree Module: Supports interactive building of biological and chemical taxonomic trees.
• Visual Module: Provides R-based interactive visualization with session-saving options and underlying R code modification.
• CLI Module: Enables local deployment and execution on high-performance computing clusters.
• Custom Database Support: Extends analysis to all hierarchical relational databases beyond standard taxonomy.
• Data Format Flexibility: Supports diverse data formats for taxonomic analysis.

Scientific Applications:

• Biological Taxonomic Classification: Enables systematic exploration and classification of organisms across diverse environments.
• Chemical Taxonomic Classification: Provides streamlined construction of chemical taxonomic trees for metabolite analysis.
• Comparative Taxonomic Analysis: Facilitates integrated in-depth taxonomic analyses of biological and chemical features.

Methodology:

The iPhylo suite implements automated taxonomic tree construction and annotation through web-based interactive modules and a command-line interface, with visualization fully implemented in R.