code: def _collapse(in_file):
      
      seqcluster = op.join(utils.get_bcbio_bin(), "seqcluster")
      out_file = "%s.fastq" % utils.splitext_plus(append_stem(in_file, "_trimmed"))[0]
      out_dir = os.path.dirname(in_file)
      if file_exists(out_file):
          return out_file
      cmd = ("{seqcluster} collapse -o {out_dir} -f {in_file} -m 1 --min_size 16")
      do.run(cmd.format(**locals()), "Running seqcluster collapse in %s." % in_file)
      return out_file
docs: Collpase reads into unique sequences with seqcluster