Question about humann 3.9 and vJun23_202403

[franzosa]

HUMAnN 3.x releases are tied to specific versions of MetaPhlAn 4 (and its databases), but in this case HUMAnN 3.9 is paired with the Jun23 marker database, so this should be fine?

Announcing HUMAnN 3.9

Summary: HUMAnN 3.9 enables tiered search using MetaPhlAn 4.1’s recently updated marker database (June 2023 version) and the bioBakery 3.1 pangenome catalog. HUMAnN 3.9 is a software update only. If you are already using the most recent HUMAnN release (v3.1), there is no need to update your HUMAnN databases to use this version of the software. HUMAnN 3.9 remains backward compatible with MetaPhlAn 3.1 taxonomic profiles (including MetaPhlAn 4.1 run with the v3.1 marker gene database). H…