# Can I combine fungal ITS and bacterial V4 microbiome analyses?

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/can-i-combine-fungal-its-and-bacterial-v4-microbiome-analyses/23821
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**Created:** [August 6, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/can-i-combine-fungal-its-and-bacterial-v4-microbiome-analyses/23821 "2022-08-06T20:10:40Z")
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### Author: ![colinbrislawn](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/colinbrislawn/32/6221_2.png) [@colinbrislawn](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/colinbrislawn)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/can-i-combine-fungal-its-and-bacterial-v4-microbiome-analyses/23821/2 "2022-08-06T21:25:54Z")

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Hello Anka!

Welcome to the forums. :qiime2:

> [@anka](#):
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> Is there any way to complete this in QIIME2 or in R?

Yes, you _can_ merge features tables in both Qiime2 and Phyloseq. However, [combining data from different regions is hard](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/possible-analysis-pipeline-for-ion-torrent-16s-metagenomics-kit-data-in-qiime2/13476/23). That thread is about different regions of the 16S gene, and the problems are the same for your 16S V4 and ITS reads.

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