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+Copyright (c) 2022, Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
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+<h1 align="center">pbtk</h1>
+<p align="center">PacBio BAM toolkit</p>
+
+***
+
+## Availability
+
+Latest version can be installed via bioconda package `pbtk`.
+
+Please refer to our [official pbbioconda page](https://github.com/PacificBiosciences/pbbioconda)
+for information on Installation, Support, License, Copyright, and Disclaimer.
+
+## Tools
+
+This repository is replacing individual tool repositories and binaries from `pbbam`.
+
+ *  ccs-kinetics-bystrandify
+ *  extracthifi
+ *  pbindex
+ *  pbindexdump
+ *  pbmerge
+ *  zmwfilter
+
+## Usage
+
+TBD