FCS-genome

Foreign contamination screening (FCS)-GX is a genome-level contamination detecting tool based on the GX aligner. FCS-GX is one module within a larger NCBI foreign contamination screening program suite. For instructions on running this tool, please refer to our FCS-GX documentation.

Licensing Terms

FCS-GX is a “United States Government Work” under the terms of the United States Copyright Act. It was written as part of the author’s official duties as a United States government employee and therefore, cannot be copyrighted. This software is freely available for public use. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the U.S. Government have not placed any restrictions on its use or reproduction.

Although all reasonable efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the software and data, the NLM and the U.S. Government do not and cannot warrant the performance or results that may be obtained by using this software or data. The NLM and the U.S. Government disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose.

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Third-Party Tools The FCS-GX Docker image contains third-party tools distributed under the licensing terms of the respective license holders.