abricate ☆

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Description:
Find antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes in contigs

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.2.0@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Other

Tags: bioinformatics genomics antimicrobial-resistance biology sequence-analysis

Install: brew install abricate

About:
Abricate scans genomic contigs against pre-configured databases to identify known genes. It automates the detection of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and virulence factors, streamlining genomic analysis. This tool is essential for microbiologists assessing pathogenicity and resistance profiles from sequencing data.

Key Features:

Screens contigs against multiple AMR and virulence databases (e.g., NCBI, CARD, ResFinder)
Provides detailed reports including gene coverage, identity, and coordinates
Supports standard FASTA and FASTQ input formats
Integrates with BLAST for sequence similarity searching

Use Cases:

Identifying antibiotic resistance markers in bacterial isolates from clinical or environmental samples
Screening new genome assemblies for virulence factors to assess pathogenic potential
Comparative genomics workflows for tracking the spread of resistance genes

Alternatives:

ARIBA – ARIBA performs read-based variant calling and is often faster for raw read analysis, whereas Abricate focuses on contig-level screening.
AMRFinderPlus – AMRFinderPlus is the NCBI standard for AMR detection, offering curated results, while Abricate provides more flexibility with multiple database sources.

License: GPL-2.0-only

Dependencies: bioperl, blast, perl

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 14, 2025 1:53pm		3	VERSION_BUMP	1d3a12c1
Oct 22, 2024 3:00am		3	VERSION_BUMP	e9c47ed3