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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Authors@R:
    person("Samantha", "Dawson", role = c("aut", "cre"))
    person ("Jeff", "H. Chang", role = "aut")
    person("Niklaus", "Grünwald", role = "aut")
-   person("Martha A.", "Sudermann", "sudermam@oregonstate.edu, role = c("aut", "cre"))
+   person("Martha A.", "Sudermann", , "sudermam@oregonstate.edu, role = c("aut", "cre"))
 Description: The demulticoder package provides a workflow for analyzing 
    multiplex metabarcoding data. It includes functions for filtering, 
    trimming primers, and denoising data using Cutadapt and the dada2 package.