After running metaphlan, files with headers are generated however merge_metaphlan_tables.py utility always gives the error below:
merge_metaphlan_tables found tables without a header including the database version. Exiting.
It appears to be that somehow the merge_metaphlan_tables.py script no longer notices the format of the header file.
Platform (please complete the following information):
pip install metaphlan
3.0.14
file example created from metaphlan:
#mpa_v30_CHOCOPhlAn_201901
#/Users/chadstachowicz/opt/anaconda3/bin/metaphlan --input_type fastq /Users/chadstachowicz/Downloads/meta/19APR2016HiSeq_Run_Sample_ATE_51_UNCC_Gibas_TTAGGCAT_L006_R1_001-sampled.fastq,/Users/chadstachowicz/Downloads/meta/19APR2016HiSeq_Run_Sample_ATE_51_UNCC_Gibas_TTAGGCAT_L006_R2_001-sampled.fastq --bowtie2out /Users/chadstachowicz/Downloads/meta/ATE_51.bz2 --nproc 4
#SampleID Metaphlan_Analysis
#clade_name NCBI_tax_id relative_abundance additional_species
k__Bacteria 2 100.0
k__Bacteria|p__Actinobacteria 2|201174 61.04149
k__Bacteria|p__Proteobacteria 2|1224 24.83551
k__Bacteria|p__Firmicutes 2|1239 10.3088