--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test-data/in.biom	Mon Jul 29 07:01:57 2013 -0400
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+{
+ "id": "Human microbiomes",
+ "comment": "This is an optional comment",
+ "format": "Biological Observation Matrix 0.9.1-dev",
+ "format_url": "http://biom-format.org/documentation/format_versions/biom-1.0.html",
+ "type": "OTU table",
+ "generated_by": "QIIME revision 1.4.0-dev",
+ "date": "2011-12-19T19:00:00",
+ "rows":[
+    {"id":"0", "metadata":{"taxonomy":["k__Bacteria", "p__Proteobacteria", "c__Gammaproteobacteria", "o__Enterobacteriales", "f__Enterobacteriaceae", "g__Escherichia", "s__"]}},
+    {"id":"1", "metadata":{"taxonomy":["k__Bacteria", "p__Cyanobacteria", "c__Nostocophycideae", "o__Nostocales", "f__Nostocaceae", "g__Dolichospermum", "s__"]}},
+    {"id":"2", "metadata":{"taxonomy":["k__Archaea", "p__Euryarchaeota", "c__Methanomicrobia", "o__Methanosarcinales", "f__Methanosarcinaceae", "g__Methanosarcina", "s__mazei"]}},
+    {"id":"3", "metadata":{"taxonomy":["k__Bacteria", "p__Firmicutes", "c__Clostridia", "o__Halanaerobiales", "f__Halanaerobiaceae", "g__Halanaerobium", "s__"]}},
+    {"id":"4", "metadata":{"taxonomy":[]}}
+    ],
+ "columns":[
+    {"id":"Sample1", "metadata":{
+                             "BarcodeSequence":"CGCTTATCGAGA",
+                             "LinkerPrimerSequence":"CATGCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT",
+                             "BODY_SITE":"gut",
+                             "Description":"human gut"}},
+    {"id":"Sample2", "metadata":{
+                             "BarcodeSequence":"CATACCAGTAGC",
+                             "LinkerPrimerSequence":"CATGCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT",
+                             "BODY_SITE":"gut",
+                             "Description":"human gut"}},
+    {"id":"Sample3", "metadata":{
+                             "BarcodeSequence":"CTCTCTACCTGT",
+                             "LinkerPrimerSequence":"CATGCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT",
+                             "BODY_SITE":"gut",
+                             "Description":"human skin"}}
+            ],
+ "matrix_type": "sparse",
+ "matrix_element_type": "int",
+ "shape": [5, 3],
+ "data":[[0,2,4],
+         [1,0,5],
+         [1,1,3],
+         [2,2,3],
+         [3,0,2],
+         [3,1,2],
+         [3,2,2],
+         [4,1,1],
+         [4,2,1]
+        ]
+}