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problem with MUSCLE

I am using MUSCLE v3.8.1551 to align some DNA sequences. I am not sure why, but I am getting over and over the same error (I have never had this error before): 

18896 bus error

Here an example of the output I get.

$ muscle -in ./BmEyKvwTAOdeDVtb_split.tmp -out ./BmEyKvwTAOdeDVtb_msa.tmp

MUSCLE v3.8.1551 by Robert C. Edgar

http://www.drive5.com/muscle
This software is donated to the public domain.
Please cite: Edgar, R.C. Nucleic Acids Res 32(5), 1792-97.

BmEyKvwTAOdeDVtb_split 38 seqs, lengths min 4966, max 10900, avg 10652
00:00:01      3 MB(0%)  Iter   1  100.00%  K-mer dist pass 1
00:00:01      3 MB(0%)  Iter   1  100.00%  K-mer dist pass 2
00:02:24   957 MB(11%)  Iter   1  100.00%  Align node       
00:02:24   958 MB(11%)  Iter   1  100.00%  Root alignment
00:04:49   987 MB(11%)  Iter   2  100.00%  Refine tree   
00:04:49   987 MB(11%)  Iter   2  100.00%  Root alignment
00:04:49   987 MB(11%)  Iter   2  100.00%  Root alignment
[1]    18896 bus error  muscle -in ./BmEyKvwTAOdeDVtb_split.tmp -out ./BmEyKvwTAOdeDVtb_msa.tmp

As you can see the algorithm works until almost the end, then it crashes. The files .tmp are in fasta format. I don't know what to do about it, I have tried to reinstall MUSCLE but it did not solve. I am not even sure if it is a MUSCLE problem. Can someone point me to a possible solution?

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written by alec_djinn alec_djinn

16GB, I don't think the memory is the problem, I am monitoring it and MUSCLE is not using much of it.

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