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+cff-version: "1.2.0"
+authors:
+- family-names: Zirión-Martínez
+  given-names: Claudia
+- family-names: Garfias-Gallegos
+  given-names: Diego
+- family-names: Arellano-Fernandez
+  given-names: Tania Vanessa
+- family-names: Espinosa-Jaime
+  given-names: Aarón
+- family-names: Bustos-Díaz
+  given-names: Edder D
+- family-names: Lovaco-Flores
+  given-names: José Abel
+- family-names: Tejero-Gómez
+  given-names: Luis Gerardo
+- family-names: Avelar-Rivas
+  given-names: J Abraham
+- family-names: Sélem-Mojica
+  given-names: Nelly
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1697-3862"
+doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8306876
+message: If you use this software, please cite our article in the
+  Journal of Open Source Software.
+preferred-citation:
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Zirión-Martínez
+    given-names: Claudia
+  - family-names: Garfias-Gallegos
+    given-names: Diego
+  - family-names: Arellano-Fernandez
+    given-names: Tania Vanessa
+  - family-names: Espinosa-Jaime
+    given-names: Aarón
+  - family-names: Bustos-Díaz
+    given-names: Edder D
+  - family-names: Lovaco-Flores
+    given-names: José Abel
+  - family-names: Tejero-Gómez
+    given-names: Luis Gerardo
+  - family-names: Avelar-Rivas
+    given-names: J Abraham
+  - family-names: Sélem-Mojica
+    given-names: Nelly
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1697-3862"
+  date-published: 2024-02-14
+  doi: 10.21105/jose.00209
+  issn: 2577-3569
+  issue: 72
+  journal: Journal of Open Source Education
+  publisher:
+    name: Open Journals
+  start: 209
+  title: A Data Carpentry- Style Metagenomics Workshop
+  type: article
+  url: "https://jose.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/jose.00209"
+  volume: 7
+title: A Data Carpentry- Style Metagenomics Workshop