Lane mask

The lane mask is a hard sequence filter, which David Lane originally proposed in

1992. We are providing Lane filters that are compatible with the greengenes (7,682 columns) and SILVA databases (50,000 characters).

greengenes-compatible mask

• lane1241.gg.filter - A Lane Masks that comes with the greengenes arb database
• lane1287.gg.filter - A Lane Masks that comes with the greengenes arb database
• lane1349.gg.filter - Pat Schloss’s transcription of the mask from the Lane paper

SILVA-compatible mask

• lane1349.silva.filter - Pat Schloss’s transcription of the mask from the Lane paper