BWA MEM

Map reads using bwa mem, with optional sorting using samtools or picard.

Software dependencies

  • bwa ==0.7.15
  • samtools ==1.5
  • picard ==2.9.2

Example

This wrapper can be used in the following way:

rule bwa_mem:
    input:
        reads=["reads/{sample}.1.fastq", "reads/{sample}.2.fastq"]
    output:
        "mapped/{sample}.bam"
    log:
        "logs/bwa_mem/{sample}.log"
    params:
        index="genome",
        extra=r"-R '@RG\tID:{sample}\tSM:{sample}'",
        sort="none",             # Can be 'none', 'samtools' or 'picard'.
        sort_order="queryname",  # Can be 'queryname' or 'coordinate'.
        sort_extra=""            # Extra args for samtools/picard.
    threads: 8
    wrapper:
        "0.26.0/bio/bwa/mem"

Note that input, output and log file paths can be chosen freely. When running with

snakemake --use-conda

the software dependencies will be automatically deployed into an isolated environment before execution.

Authors

  • Johannes Köster
  • Julian de Ruiter

Code

__author__ = "Johannes Köster, Julian de Ruiter"
__copyright__ = "Copyright 2016, Johannes Köster and Julian de Ruiter"
__email__ = "koester@jimmy.harvard.edu, julianderuiter@gmail.com"
__license__ = "MIT"


from os import path

from snakemake.shell import shell


# Extract arguments.
extra = snakemake.params.get("extra", "")

sort = snakemake.params.get("sort", "none")
sort_order = snakemake.params.get("sort_order", "coordinate")
sort_extra = snakemake.params.get("sort_extra", "")

log = snakemake.log_fmt_shell(stdout=False, stderr=True)

# Check inputs/arguments.
if len(snakemake.input.reads) not in {1, 2}:
    raise ValueError("input must have 1 (single-end) or "
                     "2 (paired-end) elements")

if sort_order not in {"coordinate", "queryname"}:
    raise ValueError("Unexpected value for sort_order ({})".format(sort_order))

# Determine which pipe command to use for converting to bam or sorting.
if sort == "none":

    # Simply convert to bam using samtools view.
    pipe_cmd = "samtools view -Sbh -o {snakemake.output[0]} -"

elif sort == "samtools":

    # Sort alignments using samtools sort.
    pipe_cmd = "samtools sort {sort_extra} -o {snakemake.output[0]} -"

    # Add name flag if needed.
    if sort_order == "queryname":
        sort_extra += " -n"

    prefix = path.splitext(snakemake.output[0])[0]
    sort_extra += " -T " + prefix + ".tmp"

elif sort == "picard":

    # Sort alignments using picard SortSam.
    pipe_cmd = ("picard SortSam {sort_extra} INPUT=/dev/stdin"
                " OUTPUT={snakemake.output[0]} SORT_ORDER={sort_order}")

else:
    raise ValueError("Unexpected value for params.sort ({})".format(sort))

shell(
    "(bwa mem"
    " -t {snakemake.threads}"
    " {extra}"
    " {snakemake.params.index}"
    " {snakemake.input.reads}"
    " | " + pipe_cmd + ") {log}")