To cite 'RAM' package in publications use:

Wen Chen, Joshua Simpson and C. Andre Levesque (2018). RAM: R for Amplicon-Sequencing-Based Microbial-Ecology. R package version 1.2.1.7. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=RAM

Chen W, Simpson J and Levesque CA (2018). “RAM: R for Amplicon-Sequencing-Based Microbial-Ecology.” R package version 1.2.1.7, https://cran.r-project.org/package=RAM.

Thank you for using 'RAM'

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {RAM: R for Amplicon-Sequencing-Based Microbial-Ecology},
    author = {Wen Chen and Joshua Simpson and C. Andre Levesque},
    year = {2018},
    note = {R package version 1.2.1.7},
    url = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=RAM},
  }

  @Misc{,
    author = {Wen Chen and Joshua Simpson and C. Andre Levesque},
    title = {RAM: R for Amplicon-Sequencing-Based Microbial-Ecology},
    year = {2018},
    note = {R package version 1.2.1.7},
    url = {https://cran.r-project.org/package=RAM},
    institution = {Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada / Agriculture et
      Agroalimentaire Canada},
  }