Microbes are surrounding us, animals, plants and all their parasites with
strong effect on these and the environment these live in. Soil quality comes
to mind but also the effect that bacteria have on each other. Humans are
influencing the absolute and relative abundance of bacteria by antibiotics,
food, fertilizers - you name it - and these changes affect us.
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QIIME 2 is a powerful, extensible, and decentralized microbiome analysis
package with a focus on data and analysis transparency. QIIME 2 enables
researchers to start an analysis with raw DNA sequence data and finish with
publication-quality figures and statistical results.
Key features:
* Integrated and automatic tracking of data provenance
* Semantic type system
* Plugin system for extending microbiome analysis functionality
* Support for multiple types of user interfaces (e.g. API, command line,
graphical)
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QIIME 2 is a complete redesign and rewrite of the QIIME 1 microbiome analysis
pipeline. QIIME 2 will address many of the limitations of QIIME 1, while
retaining the features that makes QIIME 1 a powerful and widely-used analysis
pipeline.
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QIIME 2 currently supports an initial end-to-end microbiome analysis pipeline.
New functionality will regularly become available through QIIME 2 plugins. You
can view a list of plugins that are currently available on the QIIME 2 plugin
availability page. The future plugins page lists plugins that are being
developed.
