Section: Software

SortMeRNA – Metatranscriptome classification

Actively developed.

Software self-assessment: A-4, SO-3, SM-2, EM-3, SDL-4, DA-4, CD-4, MS-4, TPM-4

Software web site: http://bioinfo.lifl.fr/RNA/sortmerna

Licence: GPL

SortMeRNA is a software designed to rapidly filter ribosomal RNA fragments from metatransriptomic data produced by next-generation sequencers. It is capable of handling large RNA databases and sorting out all fragments matching to the database with high accuracy and specificity.