diff --git a/scripts/taxonomy/processTaxonomy.sh b/scripts/taxonomy/processTaxonomy.sh
index 95c6c973a69..3c82f45776c 100755
--- a/scripts/taxonomy/processTaxonomy.sh
+++ b/scripts/taxonomy/processTaxonomy.sh
@@ -10,5 +10,9 @@ cat gi_taxid_nucl.dmp gi_taxid_prot.dmp > gi_taxid_all.dmp
 echo "Sorting gi2tax files..."
 sort -n -k 1 gi_taxid_all.dmp > gi_taxid_sorted.txt
 rm gi_taxid_nucl.dmp gi_taxid_prot.dmp gi_taxid_all.dmp
+echo "Removing parenthesis from names.dmp"
+cat names.dmp | sed s/\(/_/g | sed s/\)/_/g > names.temporary
+mv names.dmp names.dmp.orig
+mv names.temporary names.dmp