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Available columns

atb query --columns accepts the names below, and atb columns prints the same list from the CLI. Names are case-sensitive, and an unrecognised name is an error, so a typo stops the query instead of producing a blank column.

A column marked no under In index is not held in the SQLite index. Asking for one sends the query to the parquet files, which is slower and needs that file downloaded.

assembly.parquet

Column In index Description
sample_accession yes BioSample accession identifying the sample
run_accession yes ENA run accession the assembly was built from
assembly_accession yes ENA assembly accession, NA when not submitted
sylph_species yes Species assigned by sylph against GTDB r214
scientific_name yes Species name as recorded by the submitter
hq_filter yes PASS when the sample meets the high-quality criteria
dataset yes Release the sample first appeared in
asm_fasta_on_osf yes 1 when the assembly FASTA is hosted on OSF
aws_url yes S3 URL of the assembly FASTA
osf_tarball_url yes OSF URL of the tarball holding the assembly

assembly_stats.parquet

Column In index Description
total_length yes Total assembly length in base pairs
number yes Number of contigs
mean_length no Mean contig length in base pairs
longest no Longest contig length in base pairs
shortest no Shortest contig length in base pairs
N50 yes Contig length at which half the assembly sits in longer contigs
N90 yes Contig length at which 90% of the assembly sits in longer contigs

checkm2.parquet

Column In index Description
Completeness_General yes Estimated completeness percentage, general model
Contamination yes Estimated contamination percentage
Completeness_Specific no Estimated completeness percentage, lineage-specific model
Genome_Size yes Predicted genome size in base pairs
GC_Content yes Fraction of G and C bases

sylph.parquet

Column In index Description
Adjusted_ANI no Nucleotide identity to the species reference, coverage-adjusted
Taxonomic_abundance no Percentage of the sample's cells estimated to be the species
Sequence_abundance no Percentage of the sample's reads assigned to the species
Median_cov no Median k-mer coverage of the species reference

mlst.parquet

Column In index Description
mlst_scheme yes MLST scheme applied, - when the species has none
mlst_st yes Sequence type assigned by the scheme
mlst_status yes Typing outcome: PERFECT, NOVEL, OK or NONE
mlst_score yes Typing confidence score out of 100
mlst_alleles yes Per-locus allele calls, semicolon separated

ena_20250506.parquet

Column In index Description
country no Country the sample was collected in
collection_date no Collection date, often only a year or month
instrument_platform no Sequencing platform
instrument_model no Sequencing instrument model
read_count no Number of reads in the run
base_count no Number of bases in the run
library_strategy no Library preparation strategy
study_accession no ENA study accession
fastq_ftp no FTP URLs of the FASTQ files

See also: Output formats for how to control the output format and Fetching & indexing data for how these parquet files are downloaded.