# Trinity and reads "smaller than 25 base pairs"

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**Created:** [May 2, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/trinity-and-reads-smaller-than-25-base-pairs/7967 "2022-05-02T12:38:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/trinity-and-reads-smaller-than-25-base-pairs/7967/1 "2022-05-02T12:38:40Z")

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Trying to do RNA seq data analysis denovo based but trinity giving error.  
Please help.

Galaxy Tool Error Report  
from [https://usegalaxy.org/](https://usegalaxy.org/)  
Error Localization  
Dataset 79869624 (bbd44e69cb8906b5cf64175ab8c7a2f7)  
History 5619023 (07bef24c7a90ef05)  
Failed Job 121: Trinity on data 56 and data 55: Gene to transcripts map (bbd44e69cb8906b57bc5840c89cd6fe5)  
User Provided Information  
The user _(admin redacted for privacy)_ provided the following information:  
None  
Detailed Job Information  
Job environment and execution information is available at the job info page.  
Job ID 42383847 (bbd44e69cb8906b58ccb29cce2790c64)  
Tool ID toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/repos/iuc/trinity/trinity/2.9.1+galaxy2  
Tool Version 2.9.1+galaxy2  
Job PID or DRM id 42383847  
Job Tool Version   
Job Execution and Failure Information  
Command Line  
if [-z “$GALAXY\_MEMORY\_MB”] ; then GALAXY\_MEMORY\_GB=1 ; else GALAXY\_MEMORY\_GB=$((GALAXY\_MEMORY\_MB / 1024)) ; fi ; if [! -z “$TRINITY\_SCRATCH\_DIR”] ; then workdir=`pwd` ; scratchfolder=$(mktemp -d -p “$TRINITY\_SCRATCH\_DIR”); emptyfolder=$(mktemp -d -p “$TRINITY\_SCRATCH\_DIR”); cd “$scratchfolder” ; fi ; ln -s ‘/scratch1/03166/xcgalaxy/main/staging//42383847/inputs/dataset\_6d325f88-9577-4499-9b5a-bc6044005616.dat’ left\_input0.fastqsanger.gz && ln -s ‘/scratch1/03166/xcgalaxy/main/staging//42383847/inputs/dataset\_641bd050-dc3a-4114-8811-acf13a33f5de.dat’ right\_input0.fastqsanger.gz && Trinity --no\_version\_check --left ‘left\_input0.fastqsanger.gz’ --right ‘right\_input0.fastqsanger.gz’ --seqType fq --min\_contig\_length 200 --min\_kmer\_cov 1 --CPU ${GALAXY\_SLOTS:-4} --max\_memory ${GALAXY\_MEMORY\_GB:-1}G --bflyHeapSpaceMax ${GALAXY\_MEMORY\_GB:-1}G --bfly\_opts ‘-V 10 --stderr’ && if [! -z “$TRINITY\_SCRATCH\_DIR”] ; then mkdir -p “$workdir/trinity\_out\_dir”; cp -p trinity\_out\_dir/Trinity\* “$workdir/trinity\_out\_dir”; cd “$TRINITY\_SCRATCH\_DIR”; rsync -a --delete “$emptyfolder/” “$scratchfolder/”; rmdir “$emptyfolder” “$scratchfolder/”; cd “$workdir”; fi ;  
stderr

stdout

```
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Trinity-v2.9.1

```

Left read files: $VAR1 = [  
‘left\_input0.fastqsanger.gz’  
];  
Right read files: $VAR1 = [  
‘right\_input0.fastqsanger.gz’  
];  
Monday, May 2, 2022: 02:41:37 CMD: java -Xmx64m -XX:ParallelGCThreads=2 -jar /usr/local/opt/trinity-2.9.1/util/support\_scripts/ExitTester.jar 0  
Picked up \_JAVA\_OPTIONS: -Xmx7g -Xms256m  
Monday, May 2, 2022: 02:41:38 CMD: java -Xmx4g -XX:ParallelGCThreads=2 -jar /usr/local/opt/trinity-2.9.1/util/support\_scripts/ExitTester.jar 1  
Picked up \_JAVA\_OPTIONS: -Xmx7g -Xms256m  
Monday, May 2, 2022: 02:41:38 CMD: mkdir -p /scratch1/03166/xcgalaxy/main/staging/42383847/working/trinity\_out\_dir  
Monday, May 2, 2022: 02:41:38 CMD: mkdir -p /scratch1/03166/xcgalaxy/main/staging/42383847/working/trinity\_out\_dir/chrysalis

* * *

## -------------- Trinity Phase 1: Clustering of RNA-Seq Reads ---------------------

* * *

## ------------ In silico Read Normalization --------------------- – (Removing Excess Reads Beyond 200 Coverage –

# running normalization on reads: $VAR1 = [

```
      [
        '/scratch1/03166/xcgalaxy/main/staging/42383847/working/left_input0.fastqsanger.gz'
      ],
      [
        '/scratch1/03166/xcgalaxy/main/staging/42383847/working/right_input0.fastqsanger.gz'
      ]
    ];

```

## Monday, May 2, 2022: 02:41:38 CMD: /usr/local/opt/trinity-2.9.1/util/insilico\_read\_normalization.pl --seqType fq --JM 190G --max\_cov 200 --min\_cov 1 --CPU 56 --output /scratch1/03166/xcgalaxy/main/staging/42383847/working/trinity\_out\_dir/insilico\_read\_normalization --max\_CV 10000 --left /scratch1/03166/xcgalaxy/main/staging/42383847/working/left\_input0.fastqsanger.gz --right /scratch1/03166/xcgalaxy/main/staging/42383847/working/right\_input0.fastqsanger.gz --pairs\_together --PARALLEL\_STATS -prepping seqs Converting input files. (both directions in parallel)CMD: seqtk-trinity seq -A -R 1 \<(gunzip -c /scratch1/03166/xcgalaxy/main/staging/42383847/working/left\_input0.fastqsanger.gz) \>\> left.fa CMD: seqtk-trinity seq -A -R 2 \<(gunzip -c /scratch1/03166/xcgalaxy/main/staging/42383847/working/right\_input0.fastqsanger.gz) \>\> right.fa CMD finished (73 seconds) CMD finished (74 seconds) CMD: touch left.fa.ok CMD finished (0 seconds) CMD: touch right.fa.ok CMD finished (0 seconds) Done converting input files.CMD: cat left.fa right.fa \> both.fa CMD finished (11 seconds) CMD: touch both.fa.ok CMD finished (0 seconds) -kmer counting.

## ----------- Jellyfish -------------------- – (building a k-mer catalog from reads) –

CMD: jellyfish count -t 56 -m 25 -s 27321675151 --canonical both.fa  
CMD finished (95 seconds)  
CMD: jellyfish histo -t 56 -o jellyfish.K25.min2.kmers.fa.histo mer\_counts.jf  
CMD finished (11 seconds)  
CMD: jellyfish dump -L 2 mer\_counts.jf \> jellyfish.K25.min2.kmers.fa  
CMD finished (31 seconds)  
CMD: touch jellyfish.K25.min2.kmers.fa.success  
CMD finished (0 seconds)  
-generating stats files  
CMD: /usr/local/opt/trinity-2.9.1/util/..//Inchworm/bin/fastaToKmerCoverageStats --reads left.fa --kmers jellyfish.K25.min2.kmers.fa --kmer\_size 25 --num\_threads 28 --DS \> left.fa.K25.stats  
CMD: /usr/local/opt/trinity-2.9.1/util/..//Inchworm/bin/fastaToKmerCoverageStats --reads right.fa --kmers jellyfish.K25.min2.kmers.fa --kmer\_size 25 --num\_threads 28 --DS \> right.fa.K25.stats  
-reading Kmer occurrences…  
-reading Kmer occurrences…

done parsing 81736069 Kmers, 81736069 added, taking 87 seconds.  
Sequence: CCGTCTTGGACCAAACTAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: TGATGATGTASequence: GGCAAAAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence:  
Sequence: Sequence: Sequence: CTAGTGCCACAGCACAGAGCCCACGGSequence: AGGTGCATCAGTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping25CGTGTTCTTGCTGAAGis smaller than AGGAGCCTGSequence: CTCTAGCACis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skippingSequence: CTTAGGis smaller than

25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: 25Sequence: TTTCAAAATCAGTAGGCAAAAis smaller than base pairs, skipping  
CGGCAAG25is smaller than is smaller than base pairs, skippingSequence: CGGGGATGGATCAACACAAGCCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping2525

base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping

Sequence: ATGATGACTGTCGAAAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: GTCCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence:  
TAAGAAGGGTAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: TTCAAGGAAAGTGAGTCGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence:  
Sequence: GGCCACATCSequence: GTTTCATGGCTCAAis smaller than Sequence: is smaller than 25is smaller than CATCCCis smaller than base pairs, skipping  
2525 base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping25  
Sequence: Sequence: CCACTTAGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CTCCATTGCTCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: ACAAAis smaller than CTTGTTTCATGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

Sequence: CCTGACTis smaller than 25Sequence: Sequence: 25 base pairs, skippingCCCGCGTCTAGTCGATTCCTTCis smaller than 25  
Sequence: CAGCAGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: GTCCGAAGGGCAGTSequence: CTAGGACis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skippingis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingGGCATTGGCACTGTGCis smaller than 25

base pairs, skippingSequence:  
Sequence: CCCCGATCCAGTTCTCGCATCTGTis smaller than GCACT25is smaller than base pairs, skipping25  
base pairs, skippingSequence:  
CTGTCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence:  
TTCAAATCTCAAAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: GCCCTCACAACCAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CCGCTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: Sequence:  
ATTGAAAGGAAATACAAATCTGATis smaller than 25is smaller than Sequence: CTGTTCG base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: AGACCACCGTCTCCGAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: AACAGAAACAAGTAAACis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: ACGGGGAAGAATAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
25 base pairs, skipping  
CAGGTGACATGGTTis smaller than  
Sequence: 25Sequence: GTGGCGC base pairs, skippingCAAGCATCCGAGGACis smaller than  
is smaller than 2525 base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping  
Sequence:  
Sequence: CTGATCACCACGCTGTACTCGTACis smaller than 25Sequence: CTCAACTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CGTATis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: ATAAACTTTACCCTGCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than Sequence: ATGAGATGTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: AAGGAATACGAATCTCAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CGCGGTGis smaller than 25Sequence: CCTTAACATTACTTAATACCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping25  
base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: Sequence: Sequence: TGTAATTGCTTTCACCAACAACAACGTAis smaller than 25is smaller than TGAAGGCTCTTGis smaller than base pairs, skipping25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence:  
is smaller than 25GGCTGTCGAAGAGTCGTT25Sequence: base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skippingGGCCAAis smaller than Sequence: CTCCCCCTGAATGAGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
25Sequence:

base pairs, skippingSequence: CGTTACACATGTis smaller than 25GGCGSequence: CCGGACGis smaller than base pairs, skipping  
Sequence:  
25is smaller than Sequence: CCAASequence: CACCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping  
CCTCAACACTTGCAGCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingis smaller than 25Sequence: CGGCGCGGGCAGAGGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: GCTACis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: ACCGAis smaller than 25  
Sequence: AGGGC base pairs, skipping

is smaller than base pairs, skipping25 base pairs, skippingSequence: Sequence: CAGGCAGTGGTAGAGAAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

Sequence: Sequence: Sequence: CGAGAGGGAGACAAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

CTACCTAATCAAis smaller than Sequence: TGTTGAGis smaller than 2525 base pairs, skipping  
GCCCGTTAGCCCTCTCTGCAA base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: is smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: CCGACAAATCCATis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingCCGGGTGTTTGACis smaller than 25

CGCSequence: base pairs, skippingis smaller than CCTGCCATCATASequence: TGGAGACGGCAACGAGGTGG25 base pairs, skipping

is smaller than Sequence: is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping25GGGGAAGTAACGCTGGTis smaller than Sequence: base pairs, skipping  
25Sequence: CCCCis smaller than base pairs, skippingCTCGGGTGGCGCACTTCTTGGGis smaller than 25

25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: Sequence: GGCTGCCGCAAGGACCATCG base pairs, skippingAATCACTTGAGis smaller than 25  
is smaller than 25CACGTCSequence: base pairs, skippingSequence: GCCGGTGCGGCCGATGCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: CGTTCCTTCACGTAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

base pairs, skippingCCCCTCCTC

Sequence: GCTACCCTTCTTCTTCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CCCGCCGTCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CTCTGCCGCAGTAGGTCTGACis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CCCACACGAACCACACCCTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: CGCCAGATCACCGCCGAGGASequence: CGCCAAGAis smaller than 25Sequence: CCTGGATGTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
GCCis smaller than Sequence: GGACTATis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CGAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: ATCAATAAACATGTGis smaller than is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
25CTCCAGCCGis smaller than 25Sequence: GATCTCis smaller than 25Sequence: CTCGGAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping

base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CCTGCGis smaller than 25Sequence: CGTGGTGGTGCTCGCCATCCTTCTis smaller than Sequence: Sequence: CGACAATATCGACAC25AGACCTTAGATTTTCATCCGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping base pairs, skippingis smaller than  
Sequence:  
25Sequence: AGAAGATAAGCGAis smaller than TCGTCCCCTTTis smaller than base pairs, skipping25 base pairs, skipping25 base pairs, skippingSequence: GAAGTCGAAGGCCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

Sequence:  
ATTTTCTCis smaller than 25Sequence: base pairs, skippingCTTCCTTGAGCTG  
Sequence: is smaller than 25CACCTGCGCAGCCCTT base pairs, skippingSequence: is smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingCCGATTCTCGTTGCTCAAGGGTSequence: CCCGTAATACis smaller than 25

Sequence: base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CTACTGis smaller than Sequence: TGGCCTTATTGCTGCAis smaller than 25CAACis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
25 base pairs, skippingSequence: CGGGGAGTAAGCCGGAis smaller than  
is smaller than base pairs, skipping  
25 base pairs, skipping  
25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: CTGis smaller than Sequence: GGGCGGGCAGACGCC25Sequence: GGAGis smaller than Sequence: CGTGGATGTGTCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CTGTTGGTTCTGCTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: ATCCCATCCAATGAGAAATCAis smaller than CAAGSequence: AGATAAGAGTGGCGATGGCTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
CCTGC25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than is smaller than 25Sequence: TGTis smaller than 2525 base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping

25 base pairs, skippingSequence: Sequence: CTGCAGGTTCTTCTCGACAAis smaller than Sequence: CCTTis smaller than  
25AAGAGGGCGTCCAAGASequence: CGACCATATCCGTC base pairs, skippingis smaller than 25is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence:  
25 base pairs, skippingSequence: GCCSequence: AAGGCATAACCCCTTis smaller than 25is smaller than 25  
CACCG base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skippingis smaller than base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: TTCGTGTCGG25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than Sequence:  
Sequence: CCATTGis smaller than 25ATTTTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
25Sequence: CCTCSequence: CTTGCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skippingis smaller than  
Sequence: 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: AGCGGAGCTTGTTis smaller than 25Sequence: GCCTGGGTSequence: CATTAATCCCTTAAAGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
CCAAGAAGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: ATAAAACGCGGATCis smaller than base pairs, skipping  
ACCG25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CGACis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than GTCACGATAACATACTGGAATCTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CGACTGGAGATCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: AAGGCATAACCCCTTATGACis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
GGT25Sequence: CTCCGGAGis smaller than Sequence: CTTGCGGCAGCCT base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: ACTGAis smaller than 25Sequence: TATTGCTCTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
2525Sequence: base pairs, skipping  
GTTCATCCTCC base pairs, skipping base pairs, skippingis smaller than  
Sequence:  
25CAGACCG base pairs, skippingSequence: ACAAGATCACACAGCTCACGGATAis smaller than is smaller than  
2525Sequence: TCGGTAGGCTCTCGCTGC base pairs, skipping base pairs, skippingSequence: ATAGAACCGis smaller than  
is smaller than  
25Sequence: 25 base pairs, skippingCTCCATTCTCAGTCCCGGCAA base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than Sequence: CCTTGAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

25Sequence: GGAA base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than Sequence: CGCCATSequence: CAAAGCGCTACCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
25 base pairs, skippingis smaller than  
25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CGCTGGACTGGTis smaller than Sequence: CGTAGCTCCC25is smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: base pairs, skipping  
CCGAAACCCTAACCSequence: TCTCTTCTC  
is smaller than 25is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CTAGGGCAGATTCTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CTCCAis smaller than 25Sequence: GTTCGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CCTCGCCCACTTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CTGTTGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CTCCCCACGGAGACTTTCTTGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

Sequence: TGCTCTTCCCAAGTTCCGCAAGCTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: TGGCACGGis smaller than Sequence: 25CGACCGSequence: base pairs, skippingSequence: CGATCCTCGAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than ACSequence: CTTCGAGCTTCTCATCCCGCAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than  
Sequence: 25CTCAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping

Sequence: GTCAACGis smaller than Sequence: 25Sequence: AAGGATCTCACCAGCATG base pairs, skippingTAGAis smaller than Sequence:  
is smaller than 25ATGTCTACAATCTATGATGAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: 25 base pairs, skipping  
ATGAAGCTG  
Sequence: is smaller than GTTACGGT25is smaller than base pairs, skipping25  
Sequence: base pairs, skippingGTAGGAGTT  
is smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: Sequence: Sequence: CTGGTCAAACTATACTGAACTCCGATTTATCCTTAis smaller than 25is smaller than  
is smaller than base pairs, skipping25 base pairs, skipping  
25  
Sequence: base pairs, skippingCCCAGCTGAAACTAACAAACis smaller than  
25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: TTGTCATCAGCTTTCAGTGATAGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: AGACAGGCCGTTGGATTGCCCSequence: is smaller than is smaller than Sequence: CTCGATGGATCAAAGAAAGCCATTis  
..  
than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: is smaller than 25GCTGGGTGSequence: base pairs, skippingSequence: ATACGGTGTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
GTGGA  
is smaller than Sequence: Sequence: GGAAGATGG25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

Sequence: Sequence: GTTGATGTTGCTGAAGCCAAis smaller than 25CAAAGSequence: GGAAGACACis smaller than 25TGATG base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skippingis smaller than 25  
base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than Sequence: 25 base pairs, skippingGGCCCAAACAT  
is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: TGGAAGAGAASequence: is smaller than Sequence: TCCTTis smaller than ATCTAACCCA2525is smaller than base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping25

base pairs, skippingSequence:  
CTTCGAAACGGATCAis smaller than Sequence: 25Sequence: CGGAAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: GTTCATACAis smaller than GACACGAATATGTACGGAACCTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping  
25CAGGAAASequence: Sequence: CTTGCCCCTTis smaller than ATCGCC base pairs, skipping  
25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: is smaller than 25is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: GTTTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
TTCCTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CACCACSequence: CCCAGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
CTAAACTTCAATCTis smaller than Sequence: Sequence: is smaller than 25CTATAAATGATTTGGCTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
25Sequence: base pairs, skippingSequence: CGCCGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
CCACCATCAACAGCAATTGTCis smaller than base pairs, skipping  
GAAGAGGG25  
is smaller than base pairs, skipping  
25Sequence: CAAAGGTATGAGAAGAGGis smaller than base pairs, skipping25  
base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: GTGTASequence: CGGCis smaller than 25GCCAAATCGAATCGAGGAGACTTTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: CAAGGTTGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: GTTCAAACTTGATAAis smaller than base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CTAGAAis smaller than 25  
is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping  
Sequence:  
CGTGCAGTAGCTGTGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: GGAGGAis smaller than Sequence: 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: Sequence: CCCACAAACTAATAAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
CTGAAGATGGTCTCGGTCAGAGTATis smaller than is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping25CAAGGCGGTSequence: CGCAGGTGTCCTAAGATis smaller than 25is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: base pairs, skipping

CTCCTTTCACGCCTTGTCTTTTAT base pairs, skippingSequence: is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

CCGTGCATATACTACTGCCTCTSequence: is smaller than GGCGAGGGTTCAis smaller than 2525 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: GCAACGTCis smaller than base pairs, skippingSequence: ACGACTAGCTGCis smaller than  
Sequence: AACTC25Sequence: Sequence: CCAATCAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than GCTCis smaller than 2525 base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: AATCTCACAAACACATTATTCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

25Sequence: Sequence: CTCCACATGCTGATGAAACCSequence: GGCGGCCCGCAAis smaller than 25is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: ATGCAAATGCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skippingSequence: CTAGTGTCGTCGTTCCTCCTCGis smaller than 25  
CGGCATAGTGGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skippingSequence: CCTGTGGAAGCCCCTCCSequence: TGAAGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: GGCCGTTGGAGis smaller than  
is smaller than 2525 base pairs, skippingSequence: base pairs, skipping  
TTGTAAGTGGCTCGTAC  
is smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: CCGCAAGCACCAis smaller than Sequence: GTTTGGAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

25Sequence: Sequence: CCCAAATTGAGTACTCGGGAAC base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: GTCTCCGGTAACGCTCTCAAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingis smaller than AGTTAAGACT25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CTCGGAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence:  
Sequence: is smaller than 25GACCGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping  
CTGATATCCGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CGTAAT  
Sequence: is smaller than Sequence: GGACis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
25TGTTT base pairs, skippingis smaller than  
25Sequence: CGCCCTTGACCis smaller than Sequence: CTGTGATGAGTGTGGTATCis smaller than 25Sequence: ATCTCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CTTCGCCGCCATCTCGCTCTGGis smaller than 25Sequence: GTACAAGCTGCTATACT base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping25 base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than  
Sequence:  
25TCTACATTATAGTAA base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: Sequence: GTTGTACGAAATACGis smaller than is smaller than is smaller than 252525 base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping  
Sequence:

Sequence: CCACGSequence: CAGGCGAAGGTGCCis smaller than TAAAAACTTCAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: CTCCTCAGCACCCTCCTTTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CCTAis smaller than 25CTAGTTTACAACTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CCGCTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
CGCTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingis smaller than base pairs, skipping

25Sequence: GTACCGCGTTCACTGTGis smaller than 25CAAGAATGTTGCTGTCAAGGAis smaller than base pairs, skipping  
25 base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping

Sequence: CGAGCGATCACCGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CTCCTTCATTCTCCTTGGCTTCCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: CCTCGTis smaller than Sequence: CCAACAATTAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

25Sequence: base pairs, skippingSequence: AGCAGTTGCTTCAis smaller than GGACA  
Sequence: Sequence: AAGAAAGGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
25CTGAis smaller than base pairs, skippingis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping25

Sequence: base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: AAAGGCTAis smaller than 25CTCAGTGCACGCCGCCAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: GCAAAGCTCGATTTGGGSequence: base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than Sequence: Sequence: TCCAGATACAAATTACTTATTTAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CAGGGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
CAGTTCTCCGTGTTTCTGCAAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
CCTAGG25 base pairs, skippingCTGCTGis smaller than 25Sequence: CTGCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
CTCGAGGTTAGGGTSequence: base pairs, skippingSequence: GCCTCTTCCCCCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
CGACCAGAGGAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than 25  
Sequence:  
base pairs, skippingCGCGGACTGAATCTSequence: AACCGACTGTGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than  
Sequence: 25Sequence: base pairs, skipping  
CCCCGAACGCCAATCCCAGTGATTCTCTGGis smaller than is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence:  
Sequence: GTGGSequence: GGCTTGGAis smaller than 25is smaller than GCAGGTTTCCGTTTTTTCis smaller than 25Sequence: base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skippingACACCis smaller than 25Sequence: 25  
base pairs, skippingCAGAAACATGCCTGACis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skippingSequence:

GTTASequence: is smaller than CTCTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: TGAGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CGAAGCCAAAGACTGTTCCCAAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CTGAATCTis smaller than 25Sequence: base pairs, skippingCTTTGGA  
is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CTCATGGAACATTTACCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CAGTACCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence:  
Sequence: CGGAGAGGGCGGGGGGGAAAGSequence: CTGAGis smaller than Sequence: CCCTGATGGTTACCTGTTTGAGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingis smaller than 25is smaller than 2525 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skippingSequence:

base pairs, skipping  
TGTGATATATATGTCCCTTGATCASequence: is smaller than GCCCCTTATCTCGCTCTTTCTG25is smaller than base pairs, skipping25Sequence: base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CATGAATACTAGTACis smaller than 25Sequence:  
CCAA base pairs, skippingTGGGACTCCAACGCis smaller than  
Sequence: is smaller than 25GGC25 base pairs, skippingis smaller than base pairs, skipping  
25Sequence:  
base pairs, skippingGGATGATCAGTAC  
is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: GTCGACGCCGAAis smaller than Sequence: 25Sequence: ATCACATTCTCCAAis smaller than Sequence: CGAAGAGTGTATTTGAAGTGCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skippingSequence: GCTATACTGCCCCAGTGTCCGACGTCTCCTGCC  
25Sequence: CTCGGAAis smaller than base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than is smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: 25 base pairs, skipping

CAACTTT25Sequence: CACAACATis smaller than base pairs, skippingis smaller than Sequence: GGGAAATis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence:  
25Sequence: 25ATTGCCTGGCGCCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: CACCTCis smaller than base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skippingGGATATTGGAATGGTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: GGAAGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
25  
Sequence:  
Sequence: base pairs, skippingATCCCis smaller than 25Sequence: GGAGGCTis smaller than base pairs, skipping  
AACGA  
25Sequence: GTTGCis smaller than is smaller than base pairs, skipping25 base pairs, skipping  
25  
Sequence: CCGTAGCGGTGCCTACATTGSequence: CGAACACTTCis smaller than 25is smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: CTGAACCTTATAis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: Sequence:  
CGCCCTTGACCCGGTATis smaller than is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping25GAAGAATSequence: AGCCGTTCGGGGTT base pairs, skippingis smaller than 25is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skippingSequence: CCGCAGATATCACAAGis smaller than Sequence: CGAGGTCAGTGCAGTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

Sequence: GCCTAATACGGCCGACACis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
25Sequence: CGGGGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

Sequence: GGCGCACACATCGATAAAACCCA base pairs, skippingis smaller than  
25Sequence: CCGAAis smaller than base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: Sequence: GCTGTGGGTCTGCCTGCTATGis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than Sequence: AGCTCGGGAAis smaller than 25Sequence: 25 base pairs, skipping  
CATTCCTGAis smaller than base pairs, skippingSequence: 25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: GAAGAAGis smaller than 25CTACATGCTCGGCAGCCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping25 base pairs, skipping

base pairs, skipping

Sequence: GTGGTCTis smaller than Sequence: Sequence: 25CAGGGTCGGAGACAAATCCAATGTis smaller than is smaller than 25Sequence: CTCAGTCTTGACCTGCGis smaller than 25Sequence: CCACATATis smaller than base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping  
base pairs, skipping25  
25 base pairs, skipping base pairs, skipping

Sequence: Sequence: Sequence: GTTCGACCAAAAAAGCCTGAGCCCGGCGACGAGAGCCGGCTGTTACGACGGCis smaller than is smaller than is smaller than 2525 base pairs, skipping  
25 base pairs, skipping  
Sequence: CATTAAGAis smaller than Sequence: base pairs, skipping25CCACCTTAAATCCTCAAATTis smaller than Sequence: base pairs, skipping  
25GCATCTATTGCTGATTCATis smaller than 25  
base pairs, skipping base pairs, skippingSequence:

CCCTGTCATCTAGTGTCGGTTGATSequence: TGGGis smaller than 25is smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping base pairs, skippingSequence: CCAATAis smaller than

Sequence: CCGGCCAAGCAAGTis smaller than Sequence: 25 base pairs, skipping  
CCGATATCTCAATTACAGCTTCCTSequence: 25is smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingGAGG base pairs, skipping  
is smaller than  
25Sequence: base pairs, skippingCGGGATTCCTCA  
Sequence: is smaller than TGAATGCTTACT25is smaller than Sequence: CCTCCCCCATCGAGTTATCAACis smaller than base pairs, skipping25  
25 base pairs, skippingSequence: TGTAAATCTTCCGACTGSequence: ATTCis smaller than  
base pairs, skippingis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping  
25 base pairs, skippingSequence: ACGCCCCCGGCGCAGCCGCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

Sequence: CTGCCTGCAAGTGTGGCAGTGis smaller than  
Sequence: Sequence: Sequence: 25 base pairs, skippingGTCCTCGCTCTGTCCGCCGCCATTTis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: ATCTCis smaller than 25  
GCCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skippingSequence: CCACAACCCACCGTGCCCCACTCis smaller than 25

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**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/trinity-and-reads-smaller-than-25-base-pairs/7967/2 "2022-05-03T03:25:52Z")

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Hi @balrajsharma

This message repeating means that you have many reads that are too short to assemble.

> [@balrajsharma](#):
>
> Sequence: ACGCCCCCGGCGCAGCCGCis smaller than 25 base pairs, skipping

Try filtering out reads that are too short to be used, then rerun. The job is seems to be running out of resources when attempting to sorting out usable read pairs from those that are not. Pre-filtering by length will address that. Use a QA tool that will remove/separate both ends of a pair if one of the paired reads fails the filter. `Trinity` expects intact pairs as an input.

If it seems like that length filter eliminates too many reads:

- prior QA steps may have been too strict
- you need to still run QA
- the reads were originally too short
- the read quality is actually low, and the QA steps are correct

The last two would be the most concerning re is this data even usable?

Tutorials: [Search Tutorials](https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/search?query=quality)

Thanks!

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**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/trinity-and-reads-smaller-than-25-base-pairs/7967/3 "2023-12-20T21:48:42Z")

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