For mothur's 'align.seqs' command, what is its primary purpose and what are the two essential file-related parameters required for its execution? Additionally, based on the mothur blog, what is the version number of the latest mothur-compatible SILVA reference files available?
Navigate to 'mothur.org'. Go to the 'Manual' section. Navigate to the 'Sequence processing' category within the manual. Click on the 'align.seqs' command link. Identify the primary purpose of the 'align.seqs' command and its two essential file-related parameters. Navigate to the 'Blog' section of the website. Locate the latest blog post related to SILVA reference files. Identify the specific version number of the SILVA database mentioned as mothur-compatible. Synthesize the command details and the SILVA version.
State that the primary purpose of 'align.seqs' is to align sequences against a reference database. Identify 'fasta' (or candidate file) and 'reference' (or template file) as the two essential file-related parameters. State the latest mothur-compatible SILVA reference file version mentioned on the blog as 'SILVA v138.2'.