# -x <bt2-idx> The basename of the idex for the reference genome. The basename is the name of any of the index files up to but not including the final (.1.bt2; rev.1.bt2 etc)
# -1 comma-separated list of forward reads files
# -2 comma-separated list of reverse reads files
# -U comma-separated list of files containing unpaired reads to be aligned.
# output options: --un-gz <path> write unpaired reads that failed to align concordantly to file at <path>, and will be gzip comppressed.
#samtools view -Sb: convert SAM format to BAM format.