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biom-format 2.1.17
Biological Observation Matrix (BIOM) format
License: BSD
Requires Python: >=3.9

The Biological Observation Matrix (BIOM) format
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The BIOM file format (canonically pronounced *biome*) is designed to be a general-use format for representing counts of observations (e.g., OTUs, KO categories, lipid types) in one or more biological samples (e.g., microbiome samples, genomes, metagenomes).

Further details can be found at http://biom-format.org.

Installation
------------

The easiest way to install the latest version of BIOM-Format is through [conda-forge](https://conda-forge.org/):

```
$ conda install -c conda-forge biom-format
```

Alternatively, you can install the latest version through [PyPI](https://pypi.org/):

```
$ pip install biom-format
```

Getting help
------------

To get help with biom, please open an issue on the Github [tracker](https://github.com/biocore/biom-format/issues).