bwa
Software Description
BWA is a software package for mapping low-divergent sequences against a large reference genome, such as the human genome. It consists of three algorithms: BWA-backtrack, BWA-SW and BWA-MEM. The first algorithm is designed for Illumina sequence reads up to 100bp, while the rest two for longer sequences ranged from 70bp to 1Mbp. BWA-MEM and BWA-SW share similar features such as long-read support and split alignment, but BWA-MEM, which is the latest, is generally recommended for high-quality queries as it is faster and more accurate. BWA-MEM also has better performance than BWA-backtrack for 70-100bp Illumina reads.
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Module Name
bwa
Last Updated On
08/29/2023
Support Level
Primary Support
Software Access Level
Open Access
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Software Description
BWA is a software package for mapping low-divergent sequences against a large reference genome, such as the human genome. It consists of three algorithms: BWA-backtrack, BWA-SW and BWA-MEM. The first algorithm is designed for Illumina sequence reads up to 100bp, while the rest two for longer sequences ranged from 70bp to 1Mbp. BWA-MEM and BWA-SW share similar features such as long-read support and split alignment, but BWA-MEM, which is the latest, is generally recommended for high-quality queries as it is faster and more accurate. BWA-MEM also has better performance than BWA-backtrack for 70-100bp Illumina reads.
Slurm Example
#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH --job-name="rfm_RunBWATest_job"
#SBATCH --ntasks=1
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=1
#SBATCH --output=rfm_RunBWATest_job.out
#SBATCH --error=rfm_RunBWATest_job.err
#SBATCH --time=0:10:0
#SBATCH -p small,large,ram256g,ram1t
module load bwa/0.7.17
wget https://public.s3.msi.umn.edu/reframe/sw/bwa/sample.fq
wget https://public.s3.msi.umn.edu/reframe/sw/bwa/ref.fasta
bwa index ref.fasta
bwa aln -t 4 ref.fasta sample.fq > output.sai
General Linux
To run this software interactively in a Linux environment run the commands:
module load bwa
bwa
For each of the BWA algorithms, you must first index the genome with the following command:
bwa index [options] input.fasta
BWA programs may also be submitted to a queue using PBS script such as the one below:
#PBS -l nodes=2:ppn=8,pmem=1000mb,walltime=8:00:00
#PBS -m abe
#PBS -M sample_email@umn.edu
module load bwa
bwa index input.fasta
bwa aln -t $PBS_NP input.fasta input.fq > output.sai
Note the use of -t $PBS_NP; this option is used to specify the number of threads used by BWA.
A list of options is available at the BWA manual page.
To run the BWA-backtrack alignment algorithm, use any of the following commands:
bwa aln
bwa samse
bwa sampe
The BWA-SW algorithm can be run using
bwa bwasw
The BWA-MEM algorithm can be run using
bwa mem
Agate Modules
Default
0.7.17_gcc-7.2.0_haswell
Other Modules
0.7.12_gcc-4.9.2_haswell, 0.7.17_gcc-7.2.0_haswell, 0.7.17.CentOS7, 0.5.9, 0.6.2, 0.7.10, 0.7.12, 0.7.15, 0.7.17, 0.7.4
Mangi Modules
Default
0.7.17.CentOS7
Other Modules
0.7.17.CentOS7, 0.5.9, 0.6.2, 0.7.10, 0.7.12, 0.7.15, 0.7.17, 0.7.4
Mesabi Modules
Default
0.7.17_gcc-7.2.0_haswell
Other Modules
0.7.12_gcc-4.9.2_haswell, 0.7.17_gcc-7.2.0_haswell, 0.7.17.CentOS7, 0.5.9, 0.6.2, 0.7.10, 0.7.12, 0.7.15, 0.7.17, 0.7.4