<s>
mothur	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
package	O
for	O
bioinformatics	O
data	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
mothur	B-Application
is	O
capable	O
of	O
processing	O
data	O
generated	O
from	O
several	O
DNA	O
sequencing	O
methods	O
including	O
454	O
pyrosequencing	O
,	O
Illumina	O
HiSeq	O
and	O
MiSeq	O
,	O
Sanger	O
,	O
PacBio	O
,	O
and	O
IonTorrent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
mothur	B-Application
occurred	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
mothur	B-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
a	O
publication	O
in	O
the	O
journal	O
Applied	O
and	O
Environmental	O
Microbiology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
October	O
26	O
,	O
2022	O
the	O
article	O
releasing	O
mothur	B-Application
had	O
been	O
cited	O
by	O
around	O
15,000	O
other	O
research	O
studies	O
.	O
</s>
