Open AccessUsing QIIME to Analyze 16S rRNA Gene Sequences from Microbial Communities
Author(s) -
Kuczynski Justin,
Stombaugh Jesse,
Walters William Anton,
González Antonio,
Caporaso J. Gregory,
Knight Rob
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
current protocols in bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.535
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1934-340X
pISSN - 1934-3396
DOI - 10.1002/0471250953.bi1007s36
Subject(s) - acronym , gene sequence , 16s ribosomal rna , microbial population biology , biology , microbial ecology , computational biology , ecology , gene , genetics , bacteria , philosophy , linguistics
QIIME (canonically pronounced “chime”) is a software application that performs microbial community analysis. It is an acronym for Quantitative Insights Into Microbial Ecology, and has been used to analyze and interpret nucleic acid sequence data from fungal, viral, bacterial, and archaeal communities. The following protocols describe how to install QIIME on a single computer and use it to analyze microbial 16S sequence data from nine distinct microbial communities. Curr. Protoc. Bioinform . 36:10.7.1‐10.7.20. © 2011 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.