def makeblastdb(self):
        """Makes blast database files from targets as necessary"""
        while True:  # while daemon
            fastapath = self.dqueue.get()  # grabs fastapath from dqueue
            # remove the path and the file extension for easier future globbing
            db = os.path.splitext(fastapath)[0]
            nhr = '{}.nhr'.format(db)  # add nhr for searching
            # fnull = open(os.devnull, 'w')  # define /dev/null
            if not os.path.isfile(str(nhr)):  # if check for already existing dbs
                # Create the databases
                # TODO use MakeBLASTdb class
                threadlock = threading.Lock()
                command = 'makeblastdb -in {} -parse_seqids -max_file_sz 2GB -dbtype nucl -out {}'.format(fastapath, db)
                # subprocess.call(shlex.split('makeblastdb -in {} -parse_seqids -max_file_sz 2GB -dbtype nucl -out {}'
                #                            .format(fastapath, db)), stdout=fnull, stderr=fnull)
                out, err = run_subprocess(command)
                threadlock.acquire()
                write_to_logfile(command, command, self.logfile, None, None, None, None)
                write_to_logfile(out, err, self.logfile, None, None, None, None)
                threadlock.release()
            self.dqueue.task_done()