QIIME for Analyzing 16S data

Below is protocol for using the on-line resource called QIIME for analyzing 16S data from microbiome studies. For further information see: Kuczynski et. al"Using QIIME to analyze 16S rRNA gene sequences from Microbial Communities" Curr Protoc Bioinformatics. 2011 December ; CHAPTER: Unit10.7.