Logging started at 10:30:05 on 23 Aug 2017 QIIME version: 1.9.1 qiime_config values: blastmat_dir /usr/share/ncbi/data pick_otus_reference_seqs_fp /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/qiime_default_reference/gg_13_8_otus/rep_set/97_otus.fasta jobs_to_start 1 qiime_scripts_dir /usr/lib/qiime/bin/ working_dir . pynast_template_alignment_fp /usr/share/qiime/data/core_set_aligned.fasta.imputed python_exe_fp python temp_dir /tmp/ assign_taxonomy_reference_seqs_fp /usr/share/qiime/data/gg_13_8_otus/rep_set/97_otus.fasta blastall_fp blastall seconds_to_sleep 60 assign_taxonomy_id_to_taxonomy_fp /usr/share/qiime/data/gg_13_8_otus/taxonomy/97_otu_taxonomy.txt parameter file values: align_seqs.py:template_fp /data/amir/SILVA_128_QIIME_release/core_alignment/core_alignment_SILVA128.fna filter_alignment:allowed_gap_frac 0.80 filter_alignment:entropy_threshold 0.10 filter_alignment:suppress_lane_mask_filter True assign_taxonomy:reference_seqs_fp /data/amir/SILVA_128_QIIME_release/rep_set/rep_set_all/97/97_otus.fasta assign_taxonomy:id_to_taxonomy_fp /data/amir/SILVA_128_QIIME_release/taxonomy/taxonomy_all/97/taxonomy_7_levels.txt parallel:jobs_to_start 16 Input file md5 sums: ../3.chimeras/no-chimeras/lenca.fasta: a2d42bc9f77b37078e339df28371a09d /data/amir/SILVA_128_QIIME_release/rep_set/rep_set_all/97/97_otus.fasta: ceebb6b091e1d899ea6aef2e1104d7e4 Forcing --suppress_new_clusters as this is reference-based OTU picking. Executing commands. # Pick Reference OTUs command pick_otus.py -i ../3.chimeras/no-chimeras/lenca.fasta -o remove_lenca_test/lenca/step1_otus -r /data/amir/SILVA_128_QIIME_release/rep_set/rep_set_all/97/97_otus.fasta -m usearch61_ref --suppress_new_clusters *** ERROR RAISED DURING STEP: Pick Reference OTUs Command run was: pick_otus.py -i ../3.chimeras/no-chimeras/lenca.fasta -o remove_lenca_test/lenca/step1_otus -r /data/amir/SILVA_128_QIIME_release/rep_set/rep_set_all/97/97_otus.fasta -m usearch61_ref --suppress_new_clusters Command returned exit status: 1 Stdout: Stderr Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/qiime/bin/pick_otus.py", line 1004, in main() File "/usr/lib/qiime/bin/pick_otus.py", line 897, in main otu_prefix=otu_prefix, HALT_EXEC=False) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/qiime/pick_otus.py", line 1800, in __call__ HALT_EXEC=HALT_EXEC File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bfillings/usearch.py", line 1844, in usearch61_ref_cluster raise ApplicationError('Error running usearch61. Possible causes are ' burrito.util.ApplicationError: Error running usearch61. Possible causes are unsupported version (current supported version is usearch v6.1.544) is installed or improperly formatted input file was provided Logging stopped at 10:30:36 on 23 Aug 2017