Mothur Overview
Mothur is a comprehensive suite of tools for microbial ecology community. It is initiated by Dr. Patrick Schloss and his software development team in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at The University of Michigan. For more information, see Mothur-Wiki.
Command Documentation
The consensus.seqs command can be used in 2 ways: create a consensus sequence from a fastafile, or with a listfile create a consensus sequence for each otu. Sequences must be aligned.