Microbial Bioinformatics Course Materials for 16S rRNA Analysis

Course materials and an online book created for a three-day spring school on high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing data analysis. The materials were developed by Shetty Sudarshan A in collaboration with Wageningen University & Research and the University of Turku. The tutorial focuses on downstream analysis from OTU tables and BIOM files using R-based tools like Phyloseq and ggplot2.

Use Cases

• Learning downstream analysis of microbial community data based on the described use of OTU tables and BIOM files.
• Practicing data visualization for microbiome studies based on the described use of ggplot2.
• Applying R-based bioinformatics tools like Phyloseq based on the course's stated focus.

Strengths

• Materials were created for a structured, multi-day spring school organized by multiple academic institutions.
• The description specifies the use of established R packages like Phyloseq, microbiome, and ggplot2 for analysis and visualization.

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Shetty Sudarshan A, Wageningen University & Research

Collection Method

Created as course materials for a spring school.

Time Range

2018

Geography

Netherlands, Finland