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| [Trycycler](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/trycycler/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/trycycler)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/trycycler) |
- [0.3.1](./trycycler/0.3.1/)
- [0.3.2](./trycycler/0.3.2/)
- [0.3.3](./trycycler/0.3.3/)
- [0.5.0](./trycycler/0.5.0/)
- [0.5.3](./trycycler/0.5.3/)
- [0.5.4](./trycycler/0.5.4/)
- [0.5.5](./trycycler/0.5.5/)
| https://github.com/rrwick/Trycycler |
| [Unicycler](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/unicycler/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/unicycler)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/unicycler) | | https://github.com/rrwick/Unicycler |
| [VADR](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/vadr/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/vadr)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/vadr) | - 1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.3 & SARS-CoV-2 models 1.3-1
- 1.3 & SARS-CoV-2 models 1.3-2
- 1.4 & SARS-CoV-2 models 1.3-2
- 1.4.1 & SARS-CoV-2 models 1.3-2
- [1.4.2 & SARS-CoV-2 models 1.3-2, MPXV models 1.4.2-1](vadr/1.4.2/)
- [1.5 & SARS-CoV-2 models 1.3-2, MPXV models 1.4.2-1](vadr/1.5/)
- [1.5.1 & SARS-CoV-2 models 1.3-2, MPXV models 1.4.2-1, RSV models 1.5-2](vadr/1.5.1/)
- [1.6.3 & SARS-CoV-2 models 1.3-2, MPXV models 1.4.2-1, RSV models 1.5-2, Influenza v1.6.3-1](vadr/1.6.3/)
- [1.6.3 & SARS-CoV-2 models 1.3-2, MPXV models 1.4.2-1, RSV models 1.5-2, Influenza v1.6.3-1, HAV v1.0.0](vadr/1.6.3-hav/)
- [1.6.3 & SARS-CoV-2 models 1.3-2, MPXV models 1.4.2-1, RSV models 1.5-2, Influenza v1.6.3-2, HAV v1.0.0](vadr/1.6.3-hav-flu2/)
| https://github.com/nawrockie/vadr (archived, now redirects to ncbi/vadr) https://github.com/ncbi/vadr |
-| [Verkko](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/verkko/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/verkko)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/verkko) | | https://github.com/marbl/verkko |
+| [Verkko](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/verkko/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/verkko)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/verkko) | - [2.0](./verkko/2.0/)
- [2.1](./verkko/2.1/)
| https://github.com/marbl/verkko |
| [VIBRANT](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/vibrant/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/vibrant)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/vibrant) | | https://github.com/AnantharamanLab/VIBRANT |
| [VIGOR4](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/vigor4/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/vigor4)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/vigor4) | | https://github.com/JCVenterInstitute/VIGOR4 |
| [VirSorter2](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/virsorter2/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/virsorter2)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/virsorter2/) | | https://github.com/jiarong/VirSorter2 |
diff --git a/verkko/2.1/Dockerfile b/verkko/2.1/Dockerfile
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+FROM mambaorg/micromamba:1.5.8 as app
+
+ARG VERKKO_VER="2.1"
+
+USER root
+
+WORKDIR /
+
+LABEL base.image="mambaorg/micromamba:1.5.8"
+LABEL dockerfile.version="1"
+LABEL software="Verkko"
+LABEL software.version="${VERKKO_VER}"
+LABEL description="Verkko is a hybrid genome assembly pipeline developed for telomere-to-telomere assembly of PacBio HiFi or Oxford Nanopore Duplex and Oxford Nanopore simplex reads."
+LABEL website="https://github.com/marbl/verkko"
+LABEL license="https://github.com/marbl/verkko/blob/master/README.licenses"
+LABEL maintainer="Kutluhan Incekara"
+LABEL maintainer.email="kutluhan.incekara@ct.gov"
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
+ procps &&\
+ apt-get autoclean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN micromamba install --name base -c conda-forge -c bioconda verkko=${VERKKO_VER} && \
+ micromamba clean -afy
+
+ENV PATH="/opt/conda/bin/:${PATH}" \
+ LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+
+CMD [ "verkko", "--help" ]
+
+WORKDIR /data
+
+## Test ##
+FROM app as test
+
+RUN verkko --help
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y curl
+
+# test data
+RUN curl -L https://obj.umiacs.umd.edu/sergek/shared/ecoli_hifi_subset24x.fastq.gz -o hifi.fastq.gz &&\
+ curl -L https://obj.umiacs.umd.edu/sergek/shared/ecoli_ont_subset50x.fastq.gz -o ont.fastq.gz
+
+# verkko test run
+RUN verkko -d asm --hifi ./hifi.fastq.gz --nano ./ont.fastq.gz &&\
+ head asm/assembly.hifi-coverage.csv &&\
+ head -c 1000 asm/assembly.fasta
+
diff --git a/verkko/2.1/README.md b/verkko/2.1/README.md
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+# Verkko container
+
+Main tool: [verkko](https://github.com/marbl/verkko)
+
+Code repository: https://github.com/marbl/verkko
+
+Basic information on how to use this tool:
+- executable: verkko
+- help: --help
+- version: --version
+- description: Verkko is a hybrid genome assembly pipeline developed for telomere-to-telomere assembly of PacBio HiFi or Oxford Nanopore Duplex and Oxford Nanopore simplex reads.
+
+Full documentation: https://github.com/marbl/verkko
+
+## Example Usage
+
+```bash
+verkko -d --hifi [--nano ]
+```
+
+
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