Remove format_biom_table, add write_biom_table
Move write_biom_table to qiime.util
Add test for write_biom_table
Merge pull request #1 from adamrp/write_hdf5_file

Write hdf5 file
Remove format_otu_table

This function had a deprecation warning as of 1.8, so I am removing it here as
part of the effort to eliminate format_biom_table
Merge pull request #2 from adamrp/format_biom_format_py

Format biom format py
API: use HDF5 in filter_samples_from_otu_table
Merge pull request #3 from teravest/filter_hdf5

Filter hdf5
API: Use HDF5 in filter_otus_from_otu_table

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Merge pull request #4 from ElDeveloper/filter_otus_hdf5

Filter otus hdf5
API: Use HDF5 in filter_taxa_from_otu_table

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Add function to get generated_by string
API: Update to latest biom API changes

Filtering can be done in-place so you reduce the amount of lines of code
and memory you use! This is great!
Merge pull request #5 from ElDeveloper/filter_taxa_hdf5

Filter taxa hdf5
API: Use HDF5 in merge_otu_tables.py
API Update sort_otu_table.py to use HDF5

Minor cleanup of the code also took place.
Merge pull request #7 from ElDeveloper/sort_otu_table_hdf5

Sort otu table hdf5
API Use HDF5 in merge_otu_tables
Change make_otu_table to use new BIOM API

Also, it now returns a BIOM Table object rather than a JSON string
Fix tests for make_otu_table