def getNucleotides(jsonname, fstname):
  with open(jsonname+".json") as json:
    taxa = load(json)
  nucleotides = DnaCharacterMatrix.get_from_path("../work/"+ fstname+".fst", schema="fasta")
  for taxon in nucleotides.taxon_set:
    for accession, metadata in taxa.items():
      if accession == taxon.label.split(".")[0]:
        taxon.label = metadata["name"].replace(" ", "_")
  return nucleotides