Combined tool that performs all steps: read filtering, microbe reference alignment, and abundance scoring
Category Metagenomics
Overview
Combined tool that performs all PathSeq steps: read filtering, microbe reference alignment and abundance scoringPathSeq is a suite of tools for detecting microbial organisms in deep sequenced biological samples. It is capable of (1) quantifying microbial abundances in metagenomic samples containing a mixture of organisms, (2) detecting extremely low-abundance (<0.001%) organisms, and (3) identifying unknown sequences that may belong to novel organisms. The pipeline is based on a previously published tool of the same name (Kostic et al. 2011), which has been used in a wide range of studies to investigate novel associations between pathogens and human disease.
The pipeline consists of three phases: (1) removing reads that are low quality, low complexity, or match a given host (e.g. human) reference, (2) aligning the remaining reads to a microorganism reference, and (3) determining the taxonomic classification of each read and estimating microbe abundances. These steps can be performed individually using PathSeqFilterSpark, PathSeqBwaSpark, and PathSeqScoreSpark. To simplify using the pipeline, this tool combines the three steps into one. Further details can be found in the individual tools' documentations.
The filtering phase ensures that only high fidelity, non-host reads are classified, thus reducing computational costs and false positives. Note that while generally applicable to any type of biological sample (e.g. saliva, stool), PathSeq is particularly efficient for samples containing a high percentage of host reads (e.g. blood, tissue, CSF). PathSeq is able to detect evidence of low-abundance organisms and scales to use comprehensive genomic database references (e.g. > 100 Gbp). Lastly, because PathSeq works by identifying both host and known microbial sequences, it can also be used to discover novel pathogens by deducing the sample to sequences of unknown origin, which may be followed by de novo assembly.
Because sequence alignment is computationally burdensome, PathSeq is integrated with Apache Spark, enabling parallelization of all steps in the pipeline on multi-core workstations and cluster environments. This overcomes the high computational cost and permits rapid turnaround times (minutes to hours) in deep sequenced samples.
Reference files
Before running the PathSeq pipeline, the host and microbe references must be built. Prebuilt references for a standard microbial set are available in the GATK Resource Bundle.
To build custom references, users must provide FASTA files of the host and pathogen sequences. Tools are included to generate the necessary files: the host k-mer database (PathSeqBuildKmers), BWA-MEM index image files of the host and pathogen references (BwaMemIndexImageCreator), and a taxonomic tree of the pathogen reference (PathSeqBuildReferenceTaxonomy).
Input
- BAM containing input reads (either unaligned or aligned to a host reference)
- Host k-mer file generated using PathSeqBuildKmers
- Host BWA-MEM index image generated using BwaMemIndexImageCreator
- Microbe BWA-MEM index image generated using BwaMemIndexImageCreator
- Indexed microbe reference FASTA file
- Taxonomy file generated using PathSeqBuildReferenceTaxonomy
Output
- Taxonomic scores table
- Annotated BAM aligned to the microbe reference
- Filter metrics file (optional)
- Score metrics file (optional)
Usage example
This tool can be run without explicitly specifying Spark options. That is to say, the given example command without Spark options will run locally. See Tutorial#10060 for an example of how to set up and run a Spark tool on a cloud Spark cluster.
Local mode:
gatk PathSeqFilterSpark \ --input input_reads.bam \ --kmer-file host_kmers.bfi \ --filter-bwa-image host_reference.img \ --microbe-bwa-image microbe_reference.img \ --microbe-fasta reference.fa \ --taxonomy-file taxonomy.db \ --min-clipped-read-length 60 \ --min-score-identity 0.90 \ --identity-margin 0.02 \ --scores-output scores.txt \ --output output_reads.bam \ --filter-metrics filter_metrics.txt \ --score-metrics score_metrics.txt
Spark cluster on Google Cloud DataProc with 6 16-core / 208GB memory worker nodes:
gatk PathSeqFilterSpark \ --input gs://my-gcs-bucket/input_reads.bam \ --kmer-file hdfs://my-cluster-m:8020//host_kmers.bfi \ --filter-bwa-image /references/host_reference.img \ --microbe-bwa-image /references/microbe_reference.img \ --microbe-fasta hdfs://my-cluster-m:8020//reference.fa \ --taxonomy-file hdfs://my-cluster-m:8020//taxonomy.db \ --min-clipped-read-length 60 \ --min-score-identity 0.90 \ --identity-margin 0.02 \ --scores-output gs://my-gcs-bucket/scores.txt \ --output gs://my-gcs-bucket/output_reads.bam \ --filter-metrics gs://my-gcs-bucket/filter_metrics.txt \ --score-metrics gs://my-gcs-bucket/score_metrics.txt \ -- \ --sparkRunner GCS \ --cluster my_cluster \ --driver-memory 8G \ --executor-memory 32G \ --num-executors 4 \ --executor-cores 30 \ --conf spark.yarn.executor.memoryOverhead=132000
Note that the host and microbe BWA images must be copied to the same paths on every worker node. The microbe FASTA, host k-mer file, and taxonomy file may also be copied to a single path on every worker node or to HDFS.
References
- Kostic, A. D. et al. (2011). PathSeq: software to identify or discover microbes by deep sequencing of human tissue. Nat. Biotechnol. 29, 393-396.
PathSeqPipelineSpark specific arguments
This table summarizes the command-line arguments that are specific to this tool. For more details on each argument, see the list further down below the table or click on an argument name to jump directly to that entry in the list.
Argument name(s) | Default value | Summary | |
---|---|---|---|
Required Arguments | |||
--input -I |
[] | BAM/SAM/CRAM file containing reads | |
--microbe-bwa-image -MI |
null | Microbe reference BWA index image file generated using BwaMemIndexImageCreator. If running on a Spark cluster, this must be distributed to local disk on each node. | |
--microbe-fasta -MF |
null | Reference corresponding to the microbe reference image file | |
--scores-output -SO |
null | URI for the taxonomic scores output | |
--taxonomy-file -T |
null | URI to the microbe reference taxonomy database built using PathSeqBuildReferenceTaxonomy | |
Optional Tool Arguments | |||
--arguments_file |
[] | read one or more arguments files and add them to the command line | |
--bam-partition-size |
0 | maximum number of bytes to read from a file into each partition of reads. Setting this higher will result in fewer partitions. Note that this will not be equal to the size of the partition in memory. Defaults to 0, which uses the default split size (determined by the Hadoop input format, typically the size of one HDFS block). | |
--bwa-score-threshold |
30 | Minimum score threshold for microbe alignments | |
--conf |
[] | spark properties to set on the spark context in the format = | |
--disable-sequence-dictionary-validation |
false | If specified, do not check the sequence dictionaries from our inputs for compatibility. Use at your own risk! | |
--divide-by-genome-length |
false | Divide abundance scores by each taxon's reference genome length (in millions) | |
--dust-mask-quality |
2 | Base quality to assign low-complexity bases | |
--dust-t |
20.0 | DUST algorithm score threshold | |
--dust-window |
64 | DUST algorithm window size | |
--filter-bwa-image -FI |
null | The BWA image file of the host reference. This must be distributed to local disk on each node. | |
--filter-bwa-seed-length |
19 | Minimum seed length for the host BWA alignment. | |
--filter-duplicates |
true | Filter duplicate reads | |
--filter-metrics -FM |
null | Log counts of filtered reads to this file | |
--gcs-max-retries -gcs-retries |
20 | If the GCS bucket channel errors out, how many times it will attempt to re-initiate the connection | |
--help -h |
false | display the help message | |
--host-kmer-thresh |
1 | Host kmer count threshold. | |
--host-min-identity |
30 | Host alignment identity score threshold, in bp | |
--identity-margin |
0.02 | Identity margin, as a fraction of the best hit (between 0 and 1). | |
--interval-merging-rule -imr |
ALL | Interval merging rule for abutting intervals | |
--intervals -L |
[] | One or more genomic intervals over which to operate | |
--is-host-aligned |
false | Set if the input BAM is aligned to the host | |
--kmer-file -K |
null | Path to host k-mer file generated with PathSeqBuildKmers. K-mer filtering is skipped if this is not specified. | |
--max-adapter-mismatches |
1 | Maximum number of mismatches for adapter trimming | |
--max-alternate-hits |
5000 | Maximum number of alternate microbe alignments | |
--max-masked-bases |
2 | Max allowable number of masked bases per read | |
--microbe-min-seed-length |
19 | Minimum BWA-MEM seed length for the microbe alignment | |
--min-adapter-length |
12 | Minimum length of adapter sequence to trim | |
--min-base-quality |
15 | Bases below this call quality will be masked with 'N' | |
--min-clipped-read-length |
31 | Minimum length of reads after quality trimming | |
--min-score-identity |
0.9 | Alignment identity score threshold, as a fraction of the read length (between 0 and 1). | |
--not-normalized-by-kingdom |
false | If true, normalized abundance scores will be reported as a percentage within their kingdom. | |
--num-reducers |
0 | For tools that shuffle data or write an output, sets the number of reducers. Defaults to 0, which gives one partition per 10MB of input. | |
--output -O |
null | Output BAM | |
--pipeline-reads-per-partition |
5000 | Number of reads per partition to use for alignment and scoring. | |
--program-name |
null | Name of the program running | |
--quality-threshold |
15 | Quality score trimmer threshold | |
--readsPerPartitionOutput |
1000000 | Number of reads per partition for output. Use this to control the number of sharded BAMs (not --num-reducers). | |
--reference -R |
null | Reference sequence | |
--score-metrics -SM |
null | Log counts of mapped and unmapped reads to this file | |
--score-warnings -SW |
null | Write accessions found in the reads header but not the taxonomy database to this file | |
--sharded-output |
false | For tools that write an output, write the output in multiple pieces (shards) | |
--skip-quality-filters |
false | Skip low-quality and low-complexity read filtering | |
--spark-master |
local[*] | URL of the Spark Master to submit jobs to when using the Spark pipeline runner. | |
--version |
false | display the version number for this tool | |
Optional Common Arguments | |||
--disable-read-filter -DF |
[] | Read filters to be disabled before analysis | |
--disable-tool-default-read-filters |
false | Disable all tool default read filters | |
--exclude-intervals -XL |
[] | One or more genomic intervals to exclude from processing | |
--gatk-config-file |
null | A configuration file to use with the GATK. | |
--interval-exclusion-padding -ixp |
0 | Amount of padding (in bp) to add to each interval you are excluding. | |
--interval-padding -ip |
0 | Amount of padding (in bp) to add to each interval you are including. | |
--interval-set-rule -isr |
UNION | Set merging approach to use for combining interval inputs | |
--QUIET |
false | Whether to suppress job-summary info on System.err. | |
--read-filter -RF |
[] | Read filters to be applied before analysis | |
--read-index |
[] | Indices to use for the read inputs. If specified, an index must be provided for every read input and in the same order as the read inputs. If this argument is not specified, the path to the index for each input will be inferred automatically. | |
--read-validation-stringency -VS |
SILENT | Validation stringency for all SAM/BAM/CRAM/SRA files read by this program. The default stringency value SILENT can improve performance when processing a BAM file in which variable-length data (read, qualities, tags) do not otherwise need to be decoded. | |
--TMP_DIR |
[] | Undocumented option | |
--use-jdk-deflater -jdk-deflater |
false | Whether to use the JdkDeflater (as opposed to IntelDeflater) | |
--use-jdk-inflater -jdk-inflater |
false | Whether to use the JdkInflater (as opposed to IntelInflater) | |
--verbosity |
INFO | Control verbosity of logging. | |
Advanced Arguments | |||
--filter-reads-per-partition |
200000 | Estimated reads per partition after quality, kmer, and BWA filtering | |
--score-reads-per-partition-estimate |
200000 | Estimated reads per Spark partition for scoring | |
--showHidden |
false | display hidden arguments | |
--skip-pre-bwa-repartition |
false | Skip pre-BWA repartition. Set to true for inputs with a high proportion of microbial reads that are not host coordinate-sorted. |
Argument details
Arguments in this list are specific to this tool. Keep in mind that other arguments are available that are shared with other tools (e.g. command-line GATK arguments); see Inherited arguments above.
--arguments_file / NA
read one or more arguments files and add them to the command line
List[File] []
--bam-partition-size / NA
maximum number of bytes to read from a file into each partition of reads. Setting this higher will result in fewer partitions. Note that this will not be equal to the size of the partition in memory. Defaults to 0, which uses the default split size (determined by the Hadoop input format, typically the size of one HDFS block).
long 0 [ [ -∞ ∞ ] ]
--bwa-score-threshold / -bwa-score-threshold
Minimum score threshold for microbe alignments
This parameter controls the minimum quality of the BWA alignments for the output.
int 30 [ [ 0 ∞ ] ]
--conf / -conf
spark properties to set on the spark context in the format =
List[String] []
--disable-read-filter / -DF
Read filters to be disabled before analysis
List[String] []
--disable-sequence-dictionary-validation / -disable-sequence-dictionary-validation
If specified, do not check the sequence dictionaries from our inputs for compatibility. Use at your own risk!
boolean false
--disable-tool-default-read-filters / -disable-tool-default-read-filters
Disable all tool default read filters
boolean false
--divide-by-genome-length / -divide-by-genome-length
Divide abundance scores by each taxon's reference genome length (in millions)
If true, the score contributed by each read is divided by the mapped organism's genome length in the reference.
boolean false
--dust-mask-quality / -dust-mask-quality
Base quality to assign low-complexity bases
int 2 [ [ -∞ ∞ ] ]
--dust-t / -dust-t
DUST algorithm score threshold
Controls the stringency of low-complexity filtering.
double 20.0 [ [ -∞ ∞ ] ]
--dust-window / -dust-window
DUST algorithm window size
int 64 [ [ -∞ ∞ ] ]
--exclude-intervals / -XL
One or more genomic intervals to exclude from processing
Use this argument to exclude certain parts of the genome from the analysis (like -L, but the opposite).
This argument can be specified multiple times. You can use samtools-style intervals either explicitly on the
command line (e.g. -XL 1 or -XL 1:100-200) or by loading in a file containing a list of intervals
(e.g. -XL myFile.intervals).
List[String] []
--filter-bwa-image / -FI
The BWA image file of the host reference. This must be distributed to local disk on each node.
This file should be generated using BwaMemIndexImageCreator.
String null
--filter-bwa-seed-length / -filter-bwa-seed-length
Minimum seed length for the host BWA alignment.
Controls the sensitivity of BWA alignment to the host reference. Shorter seed lengths will enhance detection of
host reads during the subtraction phase but will also increase run time.
int 19 [ [ 1 [ 11 ∞ ] ]
--filter-duplicates / -filter-duplicates
Filter duplicate reads
If true, then for any two reads with identical sequences (or identical to the other's reverse complement), one
will be filtered.
boolean true
--filter-metrics / -FM
Log counts of filtered reads to this file
If specified, records the number of reads remaining after each of the following steps:
- Pre-aligned host read filtering
- Low-quality and low-complexity sequence filtering
- Host read subtraction
- Read deduplication
It also provides the following:
- Number of low-quality and low-complexity reads removed
- Number of host reads removed
- Number of duplicate reads removed
- Final number of reads
- Final number of paired reads
- Final number of unpaired reads
Note that using this option may substantially increase runtime.
String null
--filter-reads-per-partition / -filter-reads-per-partition
Estimated reads per partition after quality, kmer, and BWA filtering
This is a parameter for fine-tuning memory performance. Lower values may result in less memory usage but possibly
at the expense of greater computation time.
int 200000 [ [ 1 ∞ ] ]
--gatk-config-file / NA
A configuration file to use with the GATK.
String null
--gcs-max-retries / -gcs-retries
If the GCS bucket channel errors out, how many times it will attempt to re-initiate the connection
int 20 [ [ -∞ ∞ ] ]
--help / -h
display the help message
boolean false
--host-kmer-thresh / -host-kmer-thresh
Host kmer count threshold.
Controls the stringency of read filtering based on host k-mer matching. Reads with at least this many matching
k-mers in the host reference will be filtered.
int 1 [ [ 1 ∞ ] ]
--host-min-identity / -host-min-identity
Host alignment identity score threshold, in bp
Controls the stringency of read filtering based on alignment to the host reference. The identity score is defined
as the number of matching bases less the number of deletions in the alignment.
int 30 [ [ 1 ∞ ] ]
--identity-margin / -identity-margin
Identity margin, as a fraction of the best hit (between 0 and 1).
For reads having multiple alignments, the best hit is always counted as long as it is above the identity score
threshold. Any additional hits will be counted when its identity score is within this percentage of the best hit.
For example, consider a read that aligns to two different sequences, one with identity score 0.90 and the other with 0.85. If the minimum identity score is 0.7, the best hit (with score 0.90) is counted. In addition, if the identity margin is 10%, then any additional alignments at or above 0.90 * (1 - 0.10) = 0.81 would also be counted. Therefore in this example the second alignment with score 0.85 would be counted.
double 0.02 [ [ 0 1 ] ]
--input / -I
BAM/SAM/CRAM file containing reads
R List[String] []
--interval-exclusion-padding / -ixp
Amount of padding (in bp) to add to each interval you are excluding.
Use this to add padding to the intervals specified using -XL. For example, '-XL 1:100' with a
padding value of 20 would turn into '-XL 1:80-120'. This is typically used to add padding around targets when
analyzing exomes.
int 0 [ [ -∞ ∞ ] ]
--interval-merging-rule / -imr
Interval merging rule for abutting intervals
By default, the program merges abutting intervals (i.e. intervals that are directly side-by-side but do not
actually overlap) into a single continuous interval. However you can change this behavior if you want them to be
treated as separate intervals instead.
The --interval-merging-rule argument is an enumerated type (IntervalMergingRule), which can have one of the following values:
- ALL
- OVERLAPPING_ONLY
IntervalMergingRule ALL
--interval-padding / -ip
Amount of padding (in bp) to add to each interval you are including.
Use this to add padding to the intervals specified using -L. For example, '-L 1:100' with a
padding value of 20 would turn into '-L 1:80-120'. This is typically used to add padding around targets when
analyzing exomes.
int 0 [ [ -∞ ∞ ] ]
--interval-set-rule / -isr
Set merging approach to use for combining interval inputs
By default, the program will take the UNION of all intervals specified using -L and/or -XL. However, you can
change this setting for -L, for example if you want to take the INTERSECTION of the sets instead. E.g. to
perform the analysis only on chromosome 1 exomes, you could specify -L exomes.intervals -L 1 --interval-set-rule
INTERSECTION. However, it is not possible to modify the merging approach for intervals passed using -XL (they will
always be merged using UNION).
Note that if you specify both -L and -XL, the -XL interval set will be subtracted from the -L interval set.
The --interval-set-rule argument is an enumerated type (IntervalSetRule), which can have one of the following values:
- UNION
- Take the union of all intervals
- INTERSECTION
- Take the intersection of intervals (the subset that overlaps all intervals specified)
IntervalSetRule UNION
--intervals / -L
One or more genomic intervals over which to operate
List[String] []
--is-host-aligned / -is-host-aligned
Set if the input BAM is aligned to the host
PathSeq will rapidly filter the reads if they are aligned to a host reference, thus reducing run time.
boolean false
--kmer-file / -K
Path to host k-mer file generated with PathSeqBuildKmers. K-mer filtering is skipped if this is not specified.
String null
--max-adapter-mismatches / -max-adapter-mismatches
Maximum number of mismatches for adapter trimming
int 1 [ [ 0 ∞ ] ]
--max-alternate-hits / -max-alternate-hits
Maximum number of alternate microbe alignments
The maximum number of alternate alignments for each read, i.e. the alignments appearing in the XA tag.
int 5000 [ [ 0 ∞ ] ]
--max-masked-bases / -max-masked-bases
Max allowable number of masked bases per read
This is the threshold for filtering reads based on the number of 'N' values present in the sequence. Note that
the low-complexity DUST filter and quality filter mask using 'N' bases. Therefore, this parameter is the threshold
for the sum of:
- The number of N's in the original input read
- The number of low-quality base calls
- The number of low-complexity bases
int 2 [ [ 0 ∞ ] ]
--microbe-bwa-image / -MI
Microbe reference BWA index image file generated using BwaMemIndexImageCreator. If running on a Spark cluster, this must be distributed to local disk on each node.
R String null
--microbe-fasta / -MF
Reference corresponding to the microbe reference image file
R String null
--microbe-min-seed-length / -microbe-min-seed-length
Minimum BWA-MEM seed length for the microbe alignment
This parameter controls the sensitivity of the BWA-MEM aligner. Smaller values result in more alignments at the
expense of computation time.
int 19 [ [ 1 [ 11 ∞ ] ]
--min-adapter-length / -min-adapter-length
Minimum length of adapter sequence to trim
Adapter trimming will require a match of at least this length to a known adapter.
int 12 [ [ 1 ∞ ] ]
--min-base-quality / -min-base-quality
Bases below this call quality will be masked with 'N'
int 15 [ [ 1 ∞ ] ]
--min-clipped-read-length / -min-clipped-read-length
Minimum length of reads after quality trimming
Reads are trimmed based on base call quality and low-complexity content. Decreasing the value will enhance pathogen
detection (higher sensitivity) but also result in undesired false positives and ambiguous microbe alignments
(lower specificity).
int 31 [ [ 1 [ 31 ∞ ] ]
--min-score-identity / -min-score-identity
Alignment identity score threshold, as a fraction of the read length (between 0 and 1).
This parameter controls the stringency of the microbe alignment. The identity score threshold is defined as the
number of matching bases minus number of deletions. Alignments below this threshold score will be ignored.
double 0.9 [ [ 0 1 ] ]
--not-normalized-by-kingdom / -not-normalized-by-kingdom
If true, normalized abundance scores will be reported as a percentage within their kingdom.
Comparmentalizes the normalized abundance scores by kingdom.
boolean false
--num-reducers / NA
For tools that shuffle data or write an output, sets the number of reducers. Defaults to 0, which gives one partition per 10MB of input.
int 0 [ [ -∞ ∞ ] ]
--output / -O
Output BAM
String null
--pipeline-reads-per-partition / -pipeline-reads-per-partition
Number of reads per partition to use for alignment and scoring.
int 5000 [ [ 100 ∞ ] ]
--program-name / NA
Name of the program running
String null
--quality-threshold / -quality-threshold
Quality score trimmer threshold
Controls the stingency of base call quality-based read trimming. Higher values result in more trimming.
int 15 [ [ 1 ∞ ] ]
--QUIET / NA
Whether to suppress job-summary info on System.err.
Boolean false
--read-filter / -RF
Read filters to be applied before analysis
List[String] []
--read-index / -read-index
Indices to use for the read inputs. If specified, an index must be provided for every read input and in the same order as the read inputs. If this argument is not specified, the path to the index for each input will be inferred automatically.
List[String] []
--read-validation-stringency / -VS
Validation stringency for all SAM/BAM/CRAM/SRA files read by this program. The default stringency value SILENT can improve performance when processing a BAM file in which variable-length data (read, qualities, tags) do not otherwise need to be decoded.
The --read-validation-stringency argument is an enumerated type (ValidationStringency), which can have one of the following values:
- STRICT
- LENIENT
- SILENT
ValidationStringency SILENT
--readsPerPartitionOutput / NA
Number of reads per partition for output. Use this to control the number of sharded BAMs (not --num-reducers).
Because numReducers is based on the input size, it causes too many partitions to be produced when the output size is much smaller.
int 1000000 [ [ 100 [ 100,000 ∞ ] ]
--reference / -R
Reference sequence
String null
--score-metrics / -SM
Log counts of mapped and unmapped reads to this file
If specified, records the following metrics:
- Number of reads mapped to the microbial reference
- Number of unmapped reads
Note that using this option may increase runtime.
String null
--score-reads-per-partition-estimate / -score-reads-per-partition-estimate
Estimated reads per Spark partition for scoring
This parameter is for fine-tuning memory performance. Lower values may result in less memory usage but possibly
at the expense of greater computation time.
int 200000 [ [ 1 ∞ ] ]
--score-warnings / -SW
Write accessions found in the reads header but not the taxonomy database to this file
String null
--scores-output / -SO
URI for the taxonomic scores output
R String null
--sharded-output / NA
For tools that write an output, write the output in multiple pieces (shards)
boolean false
--showHidden / -showHidden
display hidden arguments
boolean false
--skip-pre-bwa-repartition / -skip-pre-bwa-repartition
Skip pre-BWA repartition. Set to true for inputs with a high proportion of microbial reads that are not host coordinate-sorted.
Advanced optimization option that should be used only in the case of inputs with a high proportion of microbial reads that are not host-aligned/coordinate-sorted.
In the filter tool, the input reads are initially divided up into smaller partitions (default size is usually the size of one HDFS block, or ~64MB) that Spark works on in parallel. In samples with a low proportion of microbial reads (e.g. < 1%), the steps leading up to the host BWA alignment will whittle these partitions down to a small fraction of their original size. At that point, the distribution of reads across the partitions may be unbalanced.
For example, say the input is 256MB and Spark splits this into 4 even partitions. It is possible that, after running through the quality filters and host kmer search, there are 5% remaining in partition #1, 8% in partition #2, 2% in partition #3, and 20% in partition #4. Thus there is an imbalance of work across the partitions. To correct this, a "reparitioning" is invoked that distributes the reads evenly. Note this is especially important for host-aligned, coordinate-sorted inputs, in which unmapped reads would be concentrated in the last partitions.
If, however, the proportion of microbial reads is higher, say 30%, then the partitions are generally more balanced (except for in the aforementioned coordinate-sorted case). In this case, the time spent doing the repartitioning is usually greater than the time saved by rebalancing, and this option should be invoked.
boolean false
--skip-quality-filters / -skip-quality-filters
Skip low-quality and low-complexity read filtering
boolean false
--spark-master / NA
URL of the Spark Master to submit jobs to when using the Spark pipeline runner.
String local[*]
--taxonomy-file / -T
URI to the microbe reference taxonomy database built using PathSeqBuildReferenceTaxonomy
R String null
--TMP_DIR / NA
Undocumented option
List[File] []
--use-jdk-deflater / -jdk-deflater
Whether to use the JdkDeflater (as opposed to IntelDeflater)
boolean false
--use-jdk-inflater / -jdk-inflater
Whether to use the JdkInflater (as opposed to IntelInflater)
boolean false
--verbosity / -verbosity
Control verbosity of logging.
The --verbosity argument is an enumerated type (LogLevel), which can have one of the following values:
- ERROR
- WARNING
- INFO
- DEBUG
LogLevel INFO
--version / NA
display the version number for this tool
boolean false
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