meth_5.1 Amplicon Analysis

Contributor(s): Australian Microbiome Initiative Core Team

The latest release bioinformatic workflow for all amplicons (bacterial and archaeal 16S rRNA; eukaryote 18S rRNA; and fungal ITS) can be accessed at the following link:

https://github.com/AusMicrobiome/amplicon/tree/master/docs

Documentation of workflows used for previous data releases are available at the above link as tagged versions. Version control of bioinformatic workflow tags follows Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 (https://semver.org/), with version numbering in the following format MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. Increments in numbers can be defined as:

• MAJOR version: when changes are completely new and incompatible with prior versions
• MINOR version: when new features or added functionalities are added, edited or deleted in a backward compatible manor, and
• PATCH version: when backward compatible text or typographical corrections are made for clarity