Introducing mothur: open-source, platform-independent, community-supported software for describing and comparing microbial communities

Authors :: Schloss, Patrick D.
Westcott, Sarah L.
Ryabin, Thomas
Hall, Justine R.
Hartmann, Martin
Hollister, Emily B.
Lesniewski, Ryan A.
Oakley, Brian B.
Parks, Donovan H.
Robinson, Courtney J.
Sahl, Jason W.
Stres, Blaz
Thallinger, Gerhard G.
Van Horn, David J.
Weber, Carolyn F.
Source :: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Dec, 2009, Vol. 75 Issue 23-24, 7537-7541
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: A single software platform, mothur, is used to trim, screen, and align sequences, calculate distances, assign sequences to operational taxonomic units and also to describe the [alpha] and [beta] diversity of eight marine samples previously characterized by pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA gene fragments. The analysis of the huge sequence is completed in less than 2 hours with a laptop computer.

Subjects :: Nucleotide sequence -- Analysis
Marine microbiology -- Research
Microbial genetics -- Research
Public software -- Usage
Ribosomal RNA -- Research
Open source software
Biological sciences

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