diff -Nru ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/changelog ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/changelog
--- ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/changelog	2019-09-29 21:57:31.000000000 -0400
+++ ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/changelog	2021-07-01 18:55:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ncbi-blast+ (2.9.0-2ubuntu2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * c++/src/app/blast/get_species_taxids.sh: Updated script to upstream 2.12.0 to fix api breakage. 
+
+ -- Andrew Robbins <andrew@robbinsa.me>  Thu, 01 Jul 2021 18:55:45 -0400
+
 ncbi-blast+ (2.9.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/control: Standards-Version: 4.4.1 (already compliant).
diff -Nru ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/control ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/control
--- ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/control	2019-09-29 21:56:46.000000000 -0400
+++ ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/control	2021-07-01 18:55:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Source: ncbi-blast+
-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team <debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org>
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
+XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team <debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Olivier Sallou <osallou@debian.org>,
            Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>,
 	   Aaron M. Ucko <ucko@debian.org>
diff -Nru ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/patches/series ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/patches/series
--- ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/patches/series	2019-09-29 15:29:47.000000000 -0400
+++ ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/patches/series	2021-07-01 18:55:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
 fix_unit_tests
 #support_boost_1_67
 system_mbedtls_only
+update-get_species_taxids.sh
diff -Nru ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/patches/update-get_species_taxids.sh ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/patches/update-get_species_taxids.sh
--- ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/patches/update-get_species_taxids.sh	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/debian/patches/update-get_species_taxids.sh	2021-07-01 18:55:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+Description: Fix API breakage in get_species_taxids>
+ .
+ ncbi-blast+ (2.9.0-2ubuntu2) UNRELEASED; urgency=high
+ .
+   * c++/src/app/blast/get_species_taxids.sh: Updated script to upstream 2.12.0 to fix api breakage in parsing logic..
+Author: Andrew Robbins <andrew@robbinsa.me>
+
+---
+The information above should follow the Patch Tagging Guidelines, please
+checkout http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ to learn about the format. Here
+are templates for supplementary fields that you might want to add:
+
+Origin: <vendor>, <https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/executables/blast+/2.12.0/ncbi-blast-2.12.0+-src.tar.gz>
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1934402
+Forwarded: <no>
+Reviewed-By: <name and email of someone who approved the patch>
+Last-Update: 2021-07-01
+
+--- ncbi-blast+-2.9.0.orig/c++/src/app/blast/get_species_taxids.sh
++++ ncbi-blast+-2.9.0/c++/src/app/blast/get_species_taxids.sh
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ #!/bin/bash
+-# $Id: get_species_taxids.sh 581766 2019-03-05 17:46:45Z ivanov $
++# $Id: get_species_taxids.sh 631570 2021-05-19 13:54:06Z ivanov $
+ # ===========================================================================
+ #
+ #                            PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTICE
+@@ -34,25 +34,25 @@
+ #
+ # ===========================================================================
+ 
+-export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/am/ncbiapdata/bin:$HOME/edirect
++export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/am/ncbiapdata/bin:$HOME/edirect:$PATH
+ set -uo pipefail
+ 
+ TOO_MANY_MATCHES=500
+-OUTPUT=`mktemp -t $(basename -s .sh $0)-XXXXXXX`
+-TMP=`mktemp -t $(basename -s .sh $0)-XXXXXXX`
++OUTPUT=`mktemp`
++TMP=`mktemp`
+ trap " /bin/rm -fr $OUTPUT $TMP" INT QUIT EXIT HUP KILL ALRM
+ 
+ usage() { 
+     echo "$0 usage:"; 
+     echo -e "\t-t <taxonomy ID>\n\t\tGet taxonomy IDs at or below input taxonomy ID level"; 
+     echo -e "\t-n <Scientific Name, Common Name or Keyword>\n\t\tGet taxonomy information for organism";
+-    exit 1; 
++    exit 0; 
+ }
+ 
+ error_exit() {
+     msg=$1
+     exit_code=${2:-1}
+-    echo $msg;
++    >&2 echo $msg;
+     exit $exit_code;
+ }
+ 
+@@ -135,15 +135,16 @@ if [ ! -z "${NAME}" ]; then
+         fi
+     fi
+ 
+-    esummary -db taxonomy -mode json < $OUTPUT > $TMP
++    esummary -mode json < $OUTPUT > $TMP
+ 
+     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+         error_exit "esummary error" $?
+     fi
+         
+-    grep 'uid\|rank\|division\|scientificname\|commonname' $TMP | \
+-    grep -v "uids\|genbankdivision" | tr -d '"\|,' | tr -s ' ' | \
+-    sed 's/uid/\nTaxid/g;s/name/ name/g' > $OUTPUT
++    cat $TMP | tr ',|{' '\n' | \
++    grep 'uid\|rank\|division\|scientificname\|commonname' | \
++    grep -v "uids\|genbankdivision" | tr  '"\|,'  " " | tr -s ' ' | \
++    sed 's/ uid/Taxid/g;s/name/ name/g' | awk '/Taxid/{print ""}1' > $OUTPUT
+ 
+     echo -e "\n$NUM_RESULTS matche(s) found.\n" >> $OUTPUT
+ fi