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 ```
 usage: InheritanceAlgorithm [-h] -i FILEINPUT -c COLUMN_CG -o FILEOUTPUT 
 
-This tool converts Genbank files into EMBL-like files for submission to ENA
+This tool to attribute to each clonal group (CG), an identifier that would maximally reflect the widely adopted 7-gene ST identifier of the corresponding isolates.
 
 optional arguments:
   -h, --help       show this help message and exit
@@ -50,4 +50,7 @@ python  gbk2ENA.py  -i clustering.strain.txt -c Seuil43,Seuil190 -o result.txt
 
 ## References
 
+A dual barcoding approach to bacterial strain nomenclature: Genomic taxonomy of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains
+Melanie Hennart, Julien Guglielmini, Martin C.J. Maiden, Keith A. Jolley, Alexis Criscuolo, Sylvain Brisse
+bioRxiv 2021.07.26.453808; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.26.453808