BIOM format
http://edamontology.org/format_3746
The BIological Observation Matrix (BIOM) is a format for representing biological sample by observation contingency tables in broad areas of comparative omics. The primary use of this format is to represent OTU tables and metagenome tables.
Synonyms: BIological Observation Matrix format
Term info
Subsets
formats, edam
Citation
http://doi.org/10.1186/2047-217X-1-7
Created in
1.15
Documentation
http://biom-format.org
File extension
biom
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BIOM is a recognised standard for the Earth Microbiome Project, and is a project supported by Genomics Standards Consortium. Supported in QIIME, Mothur, MEGAN, etc.