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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
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<jats:title>Summary</jats:title>
<jats:p>We developed the metagenomeFeatures R Bioconductor package along with annotation packages for three 16S rRNA databases (Greengenes, RDP and SILVA) to facilitate working with 16S rRNA databases and marker-gene survey feature data. The metagenomeFeatures package defines two classes, MgDb for working with 16S rRNA sequence databases, and mgFeatures for marker-gene survey feature data. The associated annotation packages provide a consistent interface to the different databases facilitating database comparison and exploration. The mgFeatures-class represents a crucial step in the development of a common data structure for working with 16S marker-gene survey data in R.</jats:p>
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<jats:title>Availability and implementation</jats:title>
<jats:p>https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/metagenomeFeatures.html.</jats:p>
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<jats:title>Supplementary information</jats:title>
<jats:p>Supplementary material is available at Bioinformatics online.</jats:p>
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