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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ If using more than one reference genome (i.e., analyzing more than one species p
 These data are the metagenomic assemblies (or assembled genomes, if those are studied) that would be compared.
 These data should be organized in per-sample assembly files - i.e., all the contigs assembled from sample X would be kept in a single file. If genomes are to be compared, each genome will be stored in a single fasta file. 
 All files should be stored in the same directory (refered below as the "target directory"). 
-**The directory `Sample_input/Target_genomes/` contains a collection of target genomes, for the purpuse of self testing the instalation.**
+**The directory `Sample_input/Target_genomes/` contains a collection of target genomes, for the purpuse of self testing the installation.**
    
 #### c.	Metadata file (optional): 
 The metadata file contains information regarding the genomes/assemblies to be compared. 
@@ -87,4 +87,4 @@ Changes to simplify and solve file naming procedure, and solve BLAST error resul
 a. Added script "old_to_new_names.py": changes the file names in the target folder to "Sample.xxx", fasta headers to "contig.yyy", writes the changes to a table, and assigns all sequences to a single file. It is called from find_overlapping_regions.sh.  
 b. Modified "find_overlapping_regions.sh", to use "old_to_new_names.py" instead of sed command in step 1.  
 c. Modified "SynTracker.R" to read the table generated by "old_to_new_names.py" and change temporarily assigned sample names back to the original sample names (i.e., file names).  
-d. Changed "SynTracker_functions.R" to handle the new naming format.  
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+d. Changed "SynTracker_functions.R" to handle the new naming format.