{{Short description|Open source software used in bioinformatics to process DNA sequences}} {{lowercase title}} {{Infobox software | name = mothur | author = Dr. Patrick Schloss et al<ref name="Schloss Westcott Ryabin Hall pp. 7537–7541"/> | developer = | released = {{Start date and age|2009|02|13}}<ref name="v.1.0.0 letter">{{Cite web|url=https://mothur.org/wiki/Mothur_v.1.0.0|title=Mothur v.1.0.0|website=mothur wiki|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref> | latest release version = v1.48.0 | latest release date = {{Start date and age|2022|May|18}} | repo = {{URL|https://github.com/mothur/mothur/}} | programming language = C++<ref name="Schloss Westcott Ryabin Hall pp. 7537–7541"/><ref name="https://github.com/mothur/mothur/">{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/mothur/mothur/|title=mothur/mothur|website=GitHub|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref> | operating system = Windows, source available for Unix-like<ref name="Schloss Westcott Ryabin Hall pp. 7537–7541"/><ref name="WikiInstall">{{Cite web|url=https://mothur.org/wiki/Installation|title=Installation|website=mothur wiki|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref> | size = 10.60 MB (Windows) to 12.50 MB (MacOS)<ref name="Github v.1.48.0">{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/mothur/mothur/releases/tag/v1.48.0|title=Version 1.48.0|website=GitHub|access-date=2022-09-16}}</ref> | language = English | genre = Bioinformatics software | license = GNU GPL v3<ref name="Schloss Westcott Ryabin Hall pp. 7537–7541"/><ref name="LICENSE.md">{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/mothur/mothur/blob/master/LICENSE.md|title=License.md|website=GitHub|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref> }}
'''mothur''' is an open source software package for bioinformatics data processing.<ref name="Ricke Atungulu Rainwater Park 2017 p. 359" /> The package is frequently used in the analysis of DNA from uncultured microbes. mothur is capable of processing data generated from several DNA sequencing methods including 454 pyrosequencing, Illumina HiSeq and MiSeq, Sanger, PacBio, and IonTorrent.<ref name="Orcutt Sylvan Santelli 2017 p. 264" /> The first release of mothur occurred in 2009.<ref name="Carter Tomberlin Benbow Metcalf 2017 p. 180" /> The release of mothur was announced in a publication in the journal ''Applied and Environmental Microbiology''.<ref name="Schloss Westcott Ryabin Hall pp. 7537–7541" /> As of October 26, 2022 the article releasing mothur had been cited by around 15,000 other research studies.
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.mothur.org/}}
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<ref name="Carter Tomberlin Benbow Metcalf 2017 p. 180">{{cite book | last1 = Carter | first1 = D.O. | last2 = Tomberlin | first2 = J.K. | last3 = Benbow | first3 = M.E. | last4 = Metcalf | first4 = J.L. | title = Forensic Microbiology | publisher = Wiley | series = Forensic Science in Focus | year = 2017 | isbn = 978-1-119-06257-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=y_GNDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT180 | access-date = June 13, 2018 | page = 180 }}</ref> <ref name="Orcutt Sylvan Santelli 2017 p. 264">{{cite book | last1 = Orcutt | first1 = B.N. | last2 = Sylvan | first2 = J.B. | last3 = Santelli | first3 = C.M. | title = Recent Advances in Geomicrobiology of the Ocean Crust | series = Frontiers Research Topics | year = 2017 | isbn = 978-2-88945-283-5 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mEM4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA264 | access-date = June 13, 2018 | page = 264 }}</ref> <ref name="Ricke Atungulu Rainwater Park 2017 p. 359">{{cite book | last1 = Ricke | first1 = S.C. | last2 = Atungulu | first2 = G.G. | last3 = Rainwater | first3 = C. | last4 = Park | first4 = S.H. | title = Food and Feed Safety Systems and Analysis | publisher = Elsevier Science | year = 2017 | isbn = 978-0-12-849888-0 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NU-ZDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA359 | access-date = June 13, 2018 | page = 359 }}</ref> <ref name="Schloss Westcott Ryabin Hall pp. 7537–7541">{{cite journal | last1 = Schloss | first1 = P. D. | last2 = Westcott | first2 = S. L. | last3 = Ryabin | first3 = T. | last4 = Hall | first4 = J. R. | last5 = Hartmann | first5 = M. | last6 = Hollister | first6 = E. B. | last7 = Lesniewski | first7 = R. A. | last8 = Oakley | first8 = B. B. | last9 = Parks | first9 = D. H. | last10 = Robinson | first10 = C. J. | last11 = Sahl | first11 = J. W. | last12 = Stres | first12 = B. | last13 = Thallinger | first13 = G. G. | last14 = Van Horn | first14 = D. J. | last15 = Weber | first15 = C. F. | title = Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities | journal = Applied and Environmental Microbiology | publisher = American Society for Microbiology | volume = 75 | issue = 23 | issn = 0099-2240 | doi = 10.1128/aem.01541-09 | pages = 7537–7541 | pmc= 2786419 | pmid=19801464 | year=2009 }}</ref>
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