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QUORUM(1) User Commands QUORUM(1)

NAME

quorum - run quorum error corrector on fastq file

DESCRIPTION

quorum [options] <fastq> [fastq]

DESCRIPTION

Run the quorum error corrector on the given fastq file. If the --paired-files switch is given, quorum expect an even number of files on the command line, each pair files containing pair end reads. The output will be two files (<prefix>_1.fa and <prefix>_2.fa) containing error corrected pair end reads.

OPTIONS

-s, --size
Mer database size (default 200M)
-t, --threads
Number of threads (default number of cpus)
-p, --prefix
Output prefix (default quorum_corrected)
-k, --kmer-len
Kmer length (default 24)
-q, --min-q-char
Minimum quality char. Usually 33 or 64 (autodetect)
-m, --min-quality
Minimum above -q for high quality base (5)
-w, --window
Window size for trimming
-e, --error
Maximum number of errors in a window
--min-count
Minimum count for a k-mer to be good
--skip
Number of bases to skip to find anchor kmer
--anchor
Numer of good kmer in a row for anchor
--anchor-count
Minimum count for an anchor kmer
--contaminant
Contaminant sequences
--trim-contaminant
Trim sequences with contaminant mers
-d, --no-discard
Do not discard reads, output a single N (false)
-P, --paired-files
Preserve mate pairs in two files
--homo-trim
Trim homo-polymer on 3' end
--debug
Display debugging information
--version
Display version
-h, --help
This message

AUTHOR

This manpage was written by Andreas Tille for the Debian distribution and can be used for any other usage of the program.
May 2017 quorum 1.1.1