cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
authors:
- family-names: "Rognes"
  given-names: "Torbjørn"
  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9329-9974"
- family-names: "Flouri"
  given-names: "Tomas"
  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8474-9507"
- family-names: "Nichols"
  given-names: "Benjamin"
- family-names: "Quince"
  given-names: "Christopher"
  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1884-8440"
- family-names: "Mahé"
  given-names: "Frédéric"
  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2808-0984"
title: "VSEARCH: versatile open-source tool for microbiome analysis"
version: 2.22.1
date-released: 2022-09-19
url: "https://github.com/torognes/vsearch"
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  authors:
  - family-names: "Rognes"
    given-names: "Torbjørn"
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9329-9974"
  - family-names: "Flouri"
    given-names: "Tomas"
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8474-9507"
  - family-names: "Nichols"
    given-names: "Ben"
  - family-names: "Quince"
    given-names: "Christopher"
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1884-8440"
  - family-names: "Mahé"
    given-names: "Frédéric"
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2808-0984"
  doi: "10.7717/peerj.2584"
  journal: "Peer Journal"
  day: 18
  month: 10
  start: e2584 # First page number
  title: "VSEARCH: a versatile open source tool for metagenomic"
  volume: 4
  year: 2016
