Rsearch1.0.0 package

Processing and Analyzing Amplicon Sequence Data

fastx_combine_files

Combine FASTA/FASTQ files in a directory into a single file or object

fastx_synchronize

Synchronize FASTA and FASTQ files or objects

make_sintax_db

Make Sintax database

phyloseq2rsearch

Convert phyloseq object to Rsearch object

plot_base_quality

Plot quality scores per position for FASTQ reads

plot_ee_rate_dist

Plot distribution of expected error (EE) rate of reads

plot_read_quality

Plot read length vs. read quality

plot_size_dist

Plot distribution of size values

rsearch_obj

Create Rsearch object

Rsearch-package

Rsearch

rsearch2phyloseq

Convert Rsearch object to phyloseq object

set_vsearch_executable

Set the VSEARCH executable

taxonomy_tree

Make a taxonomy tree

vs_alignment_classification

Taxonomic classification with LCA

vs_cluster_size

Cluster FASTA sequences

vs_cluster_subseq

Cluster FASTA sequences

vs_cluster_unoise

Denoising FASTA sequences

vs_fastq_join

Join paired-end sequence reads

vs_fastq_mergepairs

Merge paired-end sequence reads

vs_fastx_subsample

Subsample sequences

vs_fastx_trim_filt

Trim and/or filter sequences in FASTA/FASTQ format

vs_fastx_uniques

Dereplicate sequences

vs_merging_lengths

Length statistics after merging

vs_optimize_truncee_rate

Optimize read truncation with truncee_rate

vs_optimize_truncqual

Optimize read truncation with truncqual

vs_search_exact

Search for exact full-length matches

vs_sintax

Taxonomic classification using the Sintax algorithm

vs_uchime_denovo

Detect chimeras without external references (i.e. de novo)

vs_uchime_ref

Detect chimeras by comparing sequences to a reference database

vs_usearch_global

Global pairwise alignment

vsearch

Test if VSEARCH can be executed

Processing and analysis of targeted sequencing data. The package provides a user-friendly interface for core 'VSEARCH' (Rognes et al. (2016), <doi:10.7717/peerj.2584>) functions, in addition to tools for visualization and parameter tuning.

  • Maintainer: Cassandra Stamsaas
  • License: GPL (>= 3)
  • Last published: 2025-10-26