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Welcome to the GUide to STatistical Analysis in Microbial Ecology (GUSTA ME)!

This guide contains descriptions of a range of analysis techniques used in microbial ecology. Before exploring our content consider whether:

• multivariate approaches are right for your purposes 

• you are familiar with what data structure is expected

Please visit our blog to keep up with recent developments and announcements!

This resource is described in:

Buttigieg PL, Ramette A (2014) A Guide to Statistical Analysis in Microbial Ecology: a community-focused, living review of multivariate data analyses. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 90: 543–550.

Please cite this paper if you make use of the GUSTA ME website or the MASAME applications.

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Please note: The MASAME apps are no longer hosted on MicroB3 servers and are currently not available online. 

You can, however, run all MASAME apps locally. Please visit this GitHub repo for code and instructions.

Where would you like to start? 

You may start exploring the guide by browsing topics in the sidebar, using the search box at the top right of this page to find a particular method, or by clicking on one of the entry points below...