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 # **PanACoTA**
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+[![Downloads](https://static.pepy.tech/personalized-badge/panacota?period=total&units=international_system&left_color=grey&right_color=lightgrey&left_text=Downloads)](https://pepy.tech/project/panacota)
 [![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/gem-pasteur/PanACoTA.svg)](https://github.com/gem-pasteur/PanACoTA/releases)
 [![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/PanACoTA.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/PanACoTA)
 [![Anaconda-Server Badge](https://anaconda.org/bioconda/panacota/badges/version.svg)](https://anaconda.org/bioconda/panacota)
 
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 [![pipeline status](https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/aperrin/pipeline_annotation/badges/master/pipeline.svg)](https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/aperrin/pipeline_annotation/-/commits)
 [![coverage report](https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/aperrin/pipeline_annotation/badges/master/coverage.svg)](http://aperrin.pages.pasteur.fr/pipeline_annotation/htmlcov)
 
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