Qiime2

QIIME 2 [1] 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)

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.

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.

Versions

• Qiime2 2018.4
• Qiime2 2019.7

[1]	QIIME 2 development team. (n.d.). What is QIIME 2? Retrieved from https://docs.qiime2.org/2019.7/about/