import_qiime_sample_data: Import just sample_data file from QIIME pipeline.
Description
QIIME produces several files that can be analyzed in the
phyloseq-package, This includes the map-file, which is an
important input to QIIME that can also indicate
sample covariates. It is converted naturally to the
sample_data component data type in phyloseq-package,
based on the R data.frame.
Usage
import_qiime_sample_data(mapfilename)
Arguments
mapfilename
(Required). A character string or
connection. That is, any suitable file argument to
the read.table function. The name of the
QIIME map file required for processing pyrosequencing
tags in QIIME as well as some of the post-clustering
analysis. This is a required input file for running
QIIME. Its strict formatting specification is expected by
this function, do not attempt to modify it manually once
it has worked properly in QIIME.
Value
A sample_data object.
Details
See import_qiime for more information about
QIIME. It is also the suggested function for importing
QIIME-produced data files.