tools for working with SAM/BAM data

 Sambamba positions itself as a performant alternative
 to samtools and provides tools for
  * Powerful filtering with sambamba view --filter
  * Picard-like SAM header merging in the merge tool
  * Optional for operations on whole BAMs
  * Fast copying of a region to a new file with the slice tool
  * Duplicate marking/removal, using the Picard criteria