otutab_binary command

See also
OTU table
OTU commands
Making an OTU table (otutab command)

Convert OTU table from counts to presence (0) / absence (1) values.

Note -- this command is not usually recommended because presence / absence cannot be reliably measured with amplicon sequencing due to cross-talk .

The input file must be in QIIME classic format .

The output file is specified by the -output option.

Example

usearch -otutab_binary otutab.txt -output otutab_bin.txt