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decontam
This is the released version of decontam; for the devel version, see decontam.
Identify Contaminants in Marker-gene and Metagenomics Sequencing Data
Bioconductor version: Release (3.22)
Simple statistical identification of contaminating sequence features in marker-gene or metagenomics data. Works on any kind of feature derived from environmental sequencing data (e.g. ASVs, OTUs, taxonomic groups, MAGs,...). Requires DNA quantitation data or sequenced negative control samples.
Author: Benjamin Callahan [aut, cre], Nicole Marie Davis [aut], Felix G.M. Ernst [ctb] ORCID iD ORCID: 0000-0001-5064-0928
Maintainer: Benjamin Callahan <benjamin.j.callahan at gmail.com>
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Installation
To install this package, start R (version "4.5") and enter:
if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
install.packages("BiocManager")
BiocManager::install("decontam")
For older versions of R, please refer to the appropriate Bioconductor release.
Documentation
To view documentation for the version of this package installed in your system, start R and enter:
browseVignettes("decontam")
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