Trimmomatic: a decade of feature-rich, high-performance NGS read preprocessing.

Beier S, Bolger AM, Bolger ME, Schwacke R, Usadel B

DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btag331
Published: 2026 Jun 1
Container: Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
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@article{allodium:10.1093/bioinformatics/btag331,
  title = {Trimmomatic: a decade of feature-rich, high-performance NGS read preprocessing.},
  author = {Beier S and Bolger AM and Bolger ME and Schwacke R and Usadel B},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)},
  doi = {10.1093/bioinformatics/btag331},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btag331}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Trimmomatic: a decade of feature-rich, high-performance NGS read preprocessing.
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AU  - Bolger ME
AU  - Schwacke R
AU  - Usadel B
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JO  - Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
DO  - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btag331
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S, B., AM, B., ME, B., R, S., & B, U. (2026). Trimmomatic: a decade of feature-rich, high-performance NGS read preprocessing.. Bioinformatics (Oxford, England). https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btag331

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