diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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| [isPcr](https://users.soe.ucsc.edu/~kent/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/ispcr)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/ispcr) |
| https://users.soe.ucsc.edu/~kent/ |
| [iVar](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/ivar/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/ivar)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/ivar) | - [1.1](./ivar/1.1/)
- [1.1 (+SARS-CoV2 reference)](./ivar/1.1-SC2/)
- [1.2.1](./ivar/1.2.1/)
- [1.2.1 (+SC2 ref)](./ivar/1.2.1-SC2/)
- [1.2.2 (+SC2 ref and artic bedfiles)](./ivar/1.2.2_artic20200528/)
- [1.3](./ivar/1.3/)
- [1.3.1](./ivar/1.3.1/)
- [1.3.2](./ivar/1.3.2/)
- [1.4.1](./ivar/1.4.1/)
- [1.4.2](./ivar/1.4.2/)
- [1.4.3](./ivar/1.4.3/)
| https://github.com/andersen-lab/ivar |
| [Jasmine](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/pbjasmine/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/pbjasmine)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/pbjasmine) | - [2.0.0](./pbjasmine/2.0.0/)
| https://github.com/PacificBiosciences/jasmine |
-| [Kaptive](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/kaptive/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/kaptive)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/kaptive) | - [2.0.0](./kaptive/2.0.0/)
- [2.0.3](./kaptive/2.0.3/)
- [2.0.5](./kaptive/2.0.5/)
- [2.0.8](./kaptive/2.0.8/)
| https://github.com/klebgenomics/Kaptive |
+| [Kaptive](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/kaptive/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/kaptive)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/kaptive) | - [2.0.0](./kaptive/2.0.0/)
- [2.0.3](./kaptive/2.0.3/)
- [2.0.5](./kaptive/2.0.5/)
- [2.0.8](./kaptive/2.0.8/)
- [3.0.0b6](./kaptive/3.0.0b6/)
| https://github.com/klebgenomics/Kaptive |
| [Kleborate](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/kleborate/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/kleborate)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/kleborate) | - [2.0.4](./kleborate/2.0.4/)
- [2.1.0](./kleborate/2.1.0/)
- [2.2.0](./kleborate/2.3.2/)
- [2.3.2](./kleborate/2.3.2)
- [2.3.2-2023-05](kleborate/2.3.2-2023-05/)
- [2.4.1](kleborate/2.4.1/)
| https://github.com/katholt/Kleborate/
https://github.com/katholt/Kaptive/ |
| [kma](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/kma/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/kma)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/kma) | - 1.2.21
- 1.4.10 (no database)
- [1.4.14](./kma/1.4.14/) (no database)
| https://bitbucket.org/genomicepidemiology/kma/ |
| [Kraken](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/kraken/)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/kraken)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/kraken) | - 1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.1 (no database)
| https://github.com/DerrickWood/kraken |
diff --git a/kaptive/3.0.0b6/Dockerfile b/kaptive/3.0.0b6/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu:jammy AS app
+
+# for easy upgrade later. ARG variables only persist during image build time
+ARG MINIMAP2_VER="2.28"
+ARG MASH_VER="2.3"
+ARG KAPTIVE_VER="3.0.0b6"
+ARG VP_GENOMOSEROTYPING_VER="1.0"
+
+LABEL base.image="ubuntu:jammy"
+LABEL dockerfile.version="1"
+LABEL software="Kaptive"
+LABEL software.version="${KAPTIVE_VER}"
+LABEL description="Report information about surface polysaccharide loci for Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex and Acinetobacter baumannii genome assemblies"
+LABEL website="https://github.com/klebgenomics/Kaptive/"
+LABEL license="https://github.com/klebgenomics/Kaptive/blob/master/LICENSE"
+LABEL website.VPdatabase="https://github.com/aldertzomer/vibrio_parahaemolyticus_genomoserotyping"
+LABEL license.VPdatabase="https://github.com/aldertzomer/vibrio_parahaemolyticus_genomoserotyping/blob/main/LICENSE"
+LABEL maintainer="Tamas Stirling"
+LABEL maintainer.email="stirling.tamas@gmail.com"
+LABEL maintainer2="Curtis Kapsak"
+LABEL maintainer2.email="kapsakcj@gmail.com"
+LABEL maintainer3="Erin Young"
+LABEL maintainer3.email="eriny@utah.gov"
+
+# install prerequisites. Cleanup apt garbage
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+ python3 \
+ python3-pip \
+ wget \
+ ca-certificates \
+ bzip2 \
+ procps \
+ curl && \
+ rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && apt-get autoclean
+
+# mash; update UID and GID of mash files; make /data
+# UID and GID changes because the original owner is UID: 1081147385 and GID: 1360859114 which does NOT play well with systems that limits GIDs and UIDs
+RUN wget -q https://github.com/marbl/Mash/releases/download/v${MASH_VER}/mash-Linux64-v${MASH_VER}.tar && \
+ tar -xvf mash-Linux64-v${MASH_VER}.tar --no-same-owner && \
+ rm -rf mash-Linux64-v${MASH_VER}.tar && \
+ chown root:root /mash-Linux64-v${MASH_VER}/*
+
+# install minimap2 binary; make /data
+RUN curl -L https://github.com/lh3/minimap2/releases/download/v${MINIMAP2_VER}/minimap2-${MINIMAP2_VER}_x64-linux.tar.bz2 | \
+ tar -jxvf - --no-same-owner
+
+# install kaptive
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir kaptive==${KAPTIVE_VER}
+
+# move databases
+RUN wget -q https://github.com/klebgenomics/Kaptive/releases/download/v${KAPTIVE_VER}/kaptive-${KAPTIVE_VER}.tar.gz && \
+ tar -vxf kaptive-${KAPTIVE_VER}.tar.gz --no-same-owner && \
+ mkdir -p /data /kaptive/ && \
+ mv /kaptive-${KAPTIVE_VER}/reference_database /kaptive/reference_database && \
+ rm -rf kaptive-${KAPTIVE_VER}.tar.gz kaptive-${KAPTIVE_VER}
+
+# download Vibrio parahemolyticus database; mv gbk files to where the other references are
+RUN wget -q https://github.com/aldertzomer/vibrio_parahaemolyticus_genomoserotyping/archive/refs/tags/${VP_GENOMOSEROTYPING_VER}.tar.gz && \
+ tar -xzf ${VP_GENOMOSEROTYPING_VER}.tar.gz && \
+ rm -v ${VP_GENOMOSEROTYPING_VER}.tar.gz && \
+ mv -v vibrio_parahaemolyticus_genomoserotyping-${VP_GENOMOSEROTYPING_VER}/*gbk /kaptive/reference_database/. && \
+ rm -rf vibrio_parahaemolyticus_genomoserotyping-${VP_GENOMOSEROTYPING_VER}
+
+# set PATH
+ENV PATH="/mash-Linux64-v${MASH_VER}:/minimap2-${MINIMAP2_VER}_x64-linux:${PATH}"
+
+# set working directory
+WORKDIR /data
+
+# default command is to print help options
+CMD [ "kaptive", "--help" ]
+
+# test layer
+FROM app AS test
+
+RUN kaptive --help && kaptive --version
+
+WORKDIR /test1
+
+# test with A. baumannii; testing both k and o locus
+RUN echo "downloading an A. baumannii genome & testing Kaptive..." && \
+ wget -q https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/all/GCA/016/486/705/GCA_016486705.1_PDT000751301.1/GCA_016486705.1_PDT000751301.1_genomic.fna.gz && \
+ gzip -d GCA_016486705.1_PDT000751301.1_genomic.fna.gz && \
+ kaptive assembly /kaptive/reference_database/Acinetobacter_baumannii_k_locus_primary_reference.gbk GCA_016486705.1_PDT000751301.1_genomic.fna -o abau_k.txt && head abau_k.txt && \
+ kaptive assembly /kaptive/reference_database/Acinetobacter_baumannii_OC_locus_primary_reference.gbk GCA_016486705.1_PDT000751301.1_genomic.fna -o abau_oc.txt && head abau_oc.txt
+
+WORKDIR /test2
+# test with K. pneumoniae; testing both k and o locus
+RUN echo "downloading an K. pneumoniae genome & testing Kaptive..." && \
+ wget -q https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/all/GCA/022/268/055/GCA_022268055.1_PDT000434809.1/GCA_022268055.1_PDT000434809.1_genomic.fna.gz && \
+ gzip -d GCA_022268055.1_PDT000434809.1_genomic.fna.gz && \
+ kaptive assembly /kaptive/reference_database/Klebsiella_k_locus_primary_reference.gbk GCA_022268055.1_PDT000434809.1_genomic.fna -o kpneu_k.txt && \
+ kaptive assembly /kaptive/reference_database/Klebsiella_o_locus_primary_reference.gbk GCA_022268055.1_PDT000434809.1_genomic.fna -o kpneu_o.txt && \
+ head kpneu_k.txt kpneu_o.txt
+
+WORKDIR /test3
+# test with recommended usage in documentatation
+RUN echo "downloading an K. pneumoniae genome & testing Kaptive..." && \
+ wget -q https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/all/GCA/022/268/055/GCA_022268055.1_PDT000434809.1/GCA_022268055.1_PDT000434809.1_genomic.fna.gz && \
+ gzip -d GCA_022268055.1_PDT000434809.1_genomic.fna.gz && \
+ kaptive assembly kpsc_k assemblies/*.fna -o kaptive_results.tsv && \
+ head kaptive_results.tsv
+
+WORKDIR /test4
+
+### test with at 2 Vibrio parahaemolyticus genomes with a known serotype. These 2 are pulled from the publication describing custom database ##
+# GCA_001558495.2 - expect OL1 and KL1
+# GCA_001728135.1 - expect OL4 KL53
+# more info on test genome here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/data-hub/genome/GCF_001558495.2/
+# strain: ATCC17802
+# more info on 2nd test genome here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/data-hub/genome/GCF_001728135.1/
+# strain: CDC_K5009W
+RUN echo "downloading an 2 V. parahaemolyticus genomes & testing Kaptive..." && \
+ wget -q https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/all/GCF/001/558/495/GCF_001558495.2_ASM155849v2/GCF_001558495.2_ASM155849v2_genomic.fna.gz && \
+ wget -q https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/all/GCF/001/728/135/GCF_001728135.1_ASM172813v1/GCF_001728135.1_ASM172813v1_genomic.fna.gz && \
+ gzip -d GCF_001558495.2_ASM155849v2_genomic.fna.gz && \
+ gzip -d GCF_001728135.1_ASM172813v1_genomic.fna.gz && \
+ kaptive assembly /kaptive/reference_database/VibrioPara_Kaptivedb_K.gbk *.fna -o Vparahaemolyticus_K.txt && \
+ kaptive assembly /kaptive/reference_database/VibrioPara_Kaptivedb_O.gbk *.fna -o Vparahaemolyticus_O.txt && \
+ head Vparahaemolyticus_K.txt Vparahaemolyticus_O.txt
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diff --git a/kaptive/3.0.0b6/README.md b/kaptive/3.0.0b6/README.md
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+# Kaptive Container
+
+Main tool: [Kaptive](https://github.com/klebgenomics/Kaptive)
+
+Additional tools:
+
+- minimap2 2.28
+- python 3.10.12
+- biopython 1.84
+- matplotlib 3.9.2
+- dna-features-viewer 3.1.3
+- numpy 2.1.3
+
+## Kaptive databases
+
+There are few databases included in this docker image:
+
+- Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex
+ - included w/ Kaptive
+- Acinetobacter baumannii
+ - included w/ Kaptive
+- Vibrio parahaemolyticus
+ - Located in separate GitHub repo: https://github.com/aldertzomer/vibrio_parahaemolyticus_genomoserotyping
+ - Publication: https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/mgen/10.1099/mgen.0.001007
+
+The databases (Genbank/GBK files) are located as follows in the container filesystem:
+
+```bash
+# Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex
+/kaptive/reference_database/Klebsiella_k_locus_primary_reference.gbk
+/kaptive/reference_database/Klebsiella_o_locus_primary_reference.gbk
+
+# Acinetobacter baumannii
+/kaptive/reference_database/Acinetobacter_baumannii_k_locus_primary_reference.gbk
+/kaptive/reference_database/Acinetobacter_baumannii_OC_locus_primary_reference.gbk
+
+# Vibrio parahaeolyticus
+/kaptive/reference_database/VibrioPara_Kaptivedb_K.gbk
+/kaptive/reference_database/VibrioPara_Kaptivedb_O.gbk
+```
+
+Example commands for each of these databases can be found below.
+
+## Example Usage
+
+```bash
+# K locus, A. baumannii
+kaptive.py assembly /kaptive/reference_database/Acinetobacter_baumannii_k_locus_primary_reference.gbk assembly.fasta -o outfile.txt
+# O locus, A. baumannii
+kaptive.py assembly /kaptive/reference_database/Acinetobacter_baumannii_OC_locus_primary_reference.gbk assembly.fasta -o outfile.txt
+
+# K locus, K. pneumoniae
+kaptive.py assembly /kaptive/reference_database/Klebsiella_k_locus_primary_reference.gbk assembly.fasta -o outfile.txt
+# O locus, K. pneumoniae
+kaptive.py assembly /kaptive/reference_database/Klebsiella_o_locus_primary_reference.gbk assembly.fasta -o outfile.txt
+
+# K locus, V. parahaemolyticus
+kaptive.py assembly /kaptive/reference_database/VibrioPara_Kaptivedb_K.gbk assembly.fasta -o outfile.txt
+# O locus, V. parahaemolyticus
+kaptive.py assembly /kaptive/reference_database/VibrioPara_Kaptivedb_O.gbk assembly.fasta -o outfile.txt
+```