6 Microbial Profiling Using QIIME2

QIIME 2 (Quantitative Insights Into Microbial Ecology 2) is an open-source platform integrated with multiple tools for analyzing and exploring microbial community data from DNA sequencing. Briefly:

  • It offers a plugin-based architecture, various tools for data import, preprocessing, processing, and analysis, and emphasizes reproducibility.
  • It is designed to perform a wide range of bioinformatics tasks and provide a comprehensive platform for microbiome research.

A more detailed description is described in IMAP-PART 06