NAME¶

bowtie2-align - ultrafast and memory-efficient tool for aligning sequencing reads to long reference sequences

DESCRIPTION¶

Bowtie 2 version 2.0.0-beta6 by Ben Langmead (blangmea@jhsph.edu) Usage:

bowtie2-align [options]* -x <bt2-idx> {-1 <m1> -2 <m2> | -U <r>} [-S <sam>]

<bt2-idx>

Index filename prefix (minus trailing .X.bt2). NOTE: Bowtie 1 and Bowtie 2 indexes are not compatible.

<m1>

Files with #1 mates, paired with files in <m2>.

<m2>

Files with #2 mates, paired with files in <m1>.

<r>

Files with unpaired reads.

<sam>

File for SAM output (default: stdout)

<m1>, <m2>, <r> can be comma-separated lists (no whitespace) and can be specified many times. E.g. '-U file1.fq,file2.fq -U file3.fq'.

Options (defaults in parentheses):

Input:

-q

query input files are FASTQ .fq/.fastq (default)

--qseq

query input files are in Illumina's qseq format

-f

query input files are (multi-)FASTA .fa/.mfa

-r

query input files are raw one-sequence-per-line

-c

<m1>, <m2>, <r> are sequences themselves, not files

-s/--skip <int>

skip the first <int> reads/pairs in the input (none)

-u/--upto <int>

stop after first <int> reads/pairs (no limit)

-5/--trim5 <int>

trim <int> bases from 5'/left end of reads (0)

-3/--trim3 <int>

trim <int> bases from 3'/right end of reads (0)

--phred33

qualities are Phred+33 (default)

--phred64

qualities are Phred+64

--int-quals

qualities encoded as space-delimited integers

Presets:

Same as:

For --end-to-end:

For --local:

Alignment:

-N <int>

max # mismatches in seed alignment; can be 0 or 1 (0)

-L <int>

length of seed substrings; must be >3, <32 (22)

-i <func>

interval between seed substrings w/r/t read len (S,1,1.25)

--n-ceil <func>

func for max # non-A/C/G/Ts permitted in aln (L,0,0.15)

--dpad <int>

include <int> extra ref chars on sides of DP table (15)

--gbar <int>

disallow gaps within <int> nucs of read extremes (4)

--ignore-quals

treat all quality values as 30 on Phred scale (off)

--nofw

do not align forward (original) version of read (off)

--norc

do not align reverse-complement version of read (off)

--end-to-end

entire read must align; no clipping (on)

OR

--local

local alignment; ends might be soft clipped (off)

Scoring:

--ma <int>

match bonus (0 for --end-to-end, 2 for --local)

--mp <int>

max penalty for mismatch; lower qual = lower penalty (6)

--np <int>

penalty for non-A/C/G/Ts in read/ref (1)

--rdg <int>,<int>

read gap open, extend penalties (5,3)

--rfg <int>,<int>

reference gap open, extend penalties (5,3)

--score-min <func> min acceptable alignment score w/r/t read length

(G,20,8 for local, L,-0.6,-0.6 for end-to-end)

Reporting:

-M <int>

look for up to <int>+1 alns; report best, with MAPQ (5 for --end-to-end, 2 for --local)

OR

-k <int>

report up to <int> alns per read; MAPQ not meaningful (off)

OR

-a/--all

report all alignments; very slow (off)

Effort:

-D <int>

give up extending after <int> failed extends in a row (15)

-R <int>

for reads w/ repetitive seeds, try <int> sets of seeds (2)

Paired-end:

-I/--minins <int>

minimum fragment length (0)

-X/--maxins <int>

maximum fragment length (500)

--no-mixed

suppress unpaired alignments for paired reads

--no-discordant

suppress discordant alignments for paired reads

--no-dovetail

not concordant when mates extend past each other

--no-contain

not concordant when one mate alignment contains other

--no-overlap

not concordant when mates overlap at all

Output:

-t/--time

print wall-clock time taken by search phases

--quiet

print nothing to stderr except serious errors

--met-file <path>

send metrics to file at <path> (off)

--met-stderr

send metrics to stderr (off)

--met <int>

report internal counters & metrics every <int> secs (1)

--no-unal

supppress SAM records for unaligned reads

--no-head

supppress header lines, i.e. lines starting with @

--no-sq

supppress @SQ header lines

--rg-id <text>

set read group id, reflected in @RG line and RG:Z: opt field

--rg <text>

add <text> ("lab:value") to @RG line of SAM header. Note: @RG line only printed when --rg-id is set.

Performance:

--reorder

force SAM output order to match order of input reads

--mm

use memory-mapped I/O for index; many 'bowtie's can share

Other:

--qc-filter

filter out reads that are bad according to QSEQ filter

--seed <int>

seed for random number generator (0)

--version

print version information and quit

-h/--help

print this usage message

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