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Update PLSDB version to include archaeal plasmids #62

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@richardstoeckl

Hi :)

Currently, plassembler uses the PLSDB version 2023_11_03_v2, but the most recent one is 2024_05_31_v2, which brings some changes with it.

I would love to have the updated version included in plassembler, because they

  1. added 12,465 new records vs 2023_11_03.
  2. Incorporated the Archaea kingdom (which would be the main benefit for me).

I fear that having the PLSDB check be mandatory (see #61 ) but with an outdated DB that does not include all Kingdoms, might also degrade the performance of Hybracter assemblies for Archaea.

There is unfortunately a caveat, because the PLSDB changed the structure of their files a lot for the newest release. The mash sketch file is still available as download, but the "plsdb.tsv" metadata file seems to now be split into multiple files? I don't know how much of this metadata is really required by plassembler, so I don't know which files would need to be combined. There is also some confusion in the plsdb repo about the split files.

Best,
Richard

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