Kaiju is a fast taxonomic classifier for metagenomic sequencing reads using protein-level sequence matching. Translates DNA reads into amino acid sequences and compares against NCBI protein reference
Use with AI
Install the MCP server or CLI to instantly fetch Kaiju documentation:
Install command
claude mcp add biocontext7 -- npx @biocontext7/mcpOr share this page: biocontext7.com/tools/kaiju
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