Mothur

mothur is an open source software package for bioinformatics data processing.^[7] 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.^[8] The first release of mothur occurred in 2009.^[9] The release of mothur was announced in a publication in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.^[1] As of October 26, 2022 the article releasing mothur had been cited by around 15,000 other research studies.

mothur
Original author(s)	Dr. Patrick Schloss et al[1]
Initial release	February 13, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-02-13)[2]
Stable release	v1.48.0 / May 18, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-05-18)
Repository	github.com/mothur/mothur/
Written in	C++[1][3]
Operating system	Windows, source available for Unix-like[1][4]
Size	10.60 MB (Windows) to 12.50 MB (MacOS)[5]
Available in	English
Type	Bioinformatics software
License	GNU GPL v3[1][6]
Website	www.mothur.org

External links

• Official website