The previous RuntimeError: Search Backend failed: Database is not supported: nuccore error has resolved itself on NCBI's end. I was update to add citations to most strains via python vdb/update.py -db vdb -v zika. However, some aren't taking. Trying for example:
The previous
RuntimeError: Search Backend failed: Database is not supported: nuccore
error has resolved itself on NCBI's end. I was update to add citations to most strains viapython vdb/update.py -db vdb -v zika
. However, some aren't taking. Trying for example:The Genbank entry is lacking a
title
, but does have authors. The runningupdate
is not revisingauthors
however.There are a number of other accessions that behave the same way. Checkout
new_server.vdb.zika
and look for strains that havenull
forauthors
.