fastq_to_fasta.py

# checks for redundancies in record headers
# converts fastq to fasta format
import screed

f = open('porecamp_killifish.fasta','wb')

for n,r in enumerate(screed.open('porecamp_killifish.fastq')):
  if r.name in s:
    continue
  else:
    s.update([r.name])
    del r["quality"]
    screed.screedRecord.write_fastx(r , f)