{"id":2332,"date":"2015-03-19T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/?page_id=2332"},"modified":"2018-05-08T13:58:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T13:58:06","slug":"usearch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf-apps\/software\/applications\/usearch\/","title":{"rendered":"USEARCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>USEARCH is a sequence analysis tool.<\/p>\n<p>Versions 5.2.32 and 6.1.544, 8.0.1623 (pre-compiled 32 bit binaries) are installed on the CSF. <\/p>\n<p>USEARCH is often used with QIIME. These pieces of software are installed separately on the CSF. If you wish to use them together you need to load USEARCH (see below) and <a href=\"\/csf-apps\/software\/applications\/qiime\">QIIME<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Restrictions on use<\/h2>\n<p>This software is not open source. We have been granted a free academic license for the CSF by the developer. All users must observe the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drive5.com\/usearch\/license32.html\">license terms on the usearch website<\/a>, a copy of which is also available in the install directory. In particular it should be noted that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The software is not to be used for commercial purposes.<\/li>\n<li>You must not copy or make the software available to anyone else.<\/li>\n<li>You must cite your usage of the software as per the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drive5.com\/usearch\/manual\/citation.html\">citation information on the usearch website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are unsure whether your usage complies with the terms please contact <a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#105;l&#x74;&#x6f;&#58;i&#x74;&#x73;&#45;ri&#x2d;&#116;&#101;a&#x6d;&#x40;&#109;a&#x6e;&#x63;&#104;&#101;s&#x74;&#x65;&#114;&#46;&#x61;&#x63;&#46;u&#x6b;\">&#x69;&#x74;&#115;&#45;r&#x69;&#x2d;&#x74;&#101;&#97;m&#x40;&#x6d;&#x61;&#110;&#99;h&#x65;&#x73;&#x74;&#101;&#114;&#46;&#x61;&#x63;&#x2e;&#117;k<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To use the software you must agree to the terms, by emailing your confirmation you have read the above information to &#x69;&#116;&#115;-&#x72;&#x69;&#45;t&#x65;&#x61;&#109;&#64;m&#x61;&#110;&#99;h&#x65;&#x73;&#116;e&#x72;&#x2e;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#x75;&#x6b;, and then you can be added to the <code>usearch<\/code> unix group which controls access.<\/p>\n<h2>Set up procedure<\/h2>\n<p>To access the software you must first load the modulefile for the version you are going to use:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nmodule load apps\/binapps\/usearch\/8.0.1623\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\nmodule load apps\/binapps\/usearch\/6.1.544\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\nmodule load apps\/binapps\/usearch\/5.2.32\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2>Running the application<\/h2>\n<p>Please do not run USEARCH on the login node. Jobs should be submitted to the compute nodes via batch.<\/p>\n<h3>Serial batch job submission<\/h3>\n<p>Make sure you have the modulefile loaded then create a batch submission script, for example:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n#!\/bin\/bash\r\n#$ -S \/bin\/bash\r\n#$ -cwd             # Job will run from the current directory\r\n#$ -V               # Job will inherit current environment settings\r\n\r\nusearch -cluster_fast seqs.fasta -id 0.9 -centroids nr.fasta\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Submit the jobscript using: <\/p>\n<pre>qsub <em>scriptname<\/em><\/pre>\n<p>where <em>scriptname<\/em> is the name of your jobscript.<\/p>\n<h3>Parallel batch job submission<\/h3>\n<p>Make sure you have the modulefile loaded then create a batch submission script, for example:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n#!\/bin\/bash\r\n#$ -S \/bin\/bash\r\n#$ -cwd             # Job will run from the current directory\r\n#$ -V               # Job will inherit current environment settings\r\n#$ -pe smp.pe 6     # Use 6 cores in smp.pe. The number six will be passed to $NSLOTS\r\n                    #  which is used to tell usearch how many threads to use.\r\n\r\nusearch -cluster_fast seqs.fasta -id 0.9 -threads $NSLOTS -centroids nr.fasta\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Submit the jobscript using: <\/p>\n<pre>qsub <em>scriptname<\/em><\/pre>\n<p>where <em>scriptname<\/em> is the name of your jobscript.<\/p>\n<h2>Further info<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/drive5.com\/usearch\/\">USEARCH website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/drive5.com\/usearch\/manual8.0\/\">Version 8 Manual<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/drive5.com\/usearch\/manual6\/\">Version 6 Manual<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drive5.com\/usearch\/UsearchUserGuide5.2.pdf\">Version 5.2 Manual<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Updates<\/h2>\n<p>None.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview USEARCH is a sequence analysis tool. Versions 5.2.32 and 6.1.544, 8.0.1623 (pre-compiled 32 bit binaries) are installed on the CSF. USEARCH is often used with QIIME. These pieces of software are installed separately on the CSF. If you wish to use them together you need to load USEARCH (see below) and QIIME. Restrictions on use This software is not open source. 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