A DNA Reference Library Manager

Reference database manager offering a set of functions to import, organize, clean, filter, audit and export reference genetic data. Provide functions to download sequence data from NCBI GenBank < https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/>. Designed as an environment for semi-automatic and assisted construction of reference databases and to improve standardization and repeatability in barcoding and metabarcoding studies.

refdb: A reference database manager for R

The refdb package is a reference database manager offering a set of powerful functions to import, organize, clean, filter, audit and export reference genetic data. It has been designed as an environment for semi-automatic and assisted construction of reference databases and to improve standardization and repeatability in metabarcoding studies.

Installation

You can install the development version of refdb from GitHub.

remotes::install_github("fkeck/refdb")

Find more about the package (manual, vignettes, etc.): https://fkeck.github.io/refdb/

Citation

If you use the refdb package in your work, please cite:

Keck, F., & Altermatt, F. (2023). Management of DNA reference libraries for barcoding and metabarcoding studies with the R package refdb. Molecular Ecology Resources, 23(2), 511-518. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13723.