# Does Qiime2 do antimicrobial Resistance analysis
**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/does-qiime2-do-antimicrobial-resistance-analysis/28755
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [December 30, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/does-qiime2-do-antimicrobial-resistance-analysis/28755 "2023-12-30T23:42:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Louis](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Louis)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/does-qiime2-do-antimicrobial-resistance-analysis/28755/1 "2023-12-30T23:42:15Z")
Hello everyone, am a new user of qimme2, so I have lots of questions but... First I'd like to ask if one can carry out antimicrobial Resistance gene determination of metagenomics sample?
Thank you guys... Really looking forward to your experienced responses.
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### Author:  [@colinbrislawn](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/colinbrislawn)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/does-qiime2-do-antimicrobial-resistance-analysis/28755/2 "2024-01-02T02:51:59Z")
Hello Louis,
Welcome to the forums! :qiime2:
The first alpha release of the QIIME 2 Shotgun Metagenomics Distribution was released in 2023, and I don't think we have a plugin for profiling antimicrobial resistance genes (yet!!)
You can read our [shotgun metagenomic tutorial here](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/draft-tutorial-for-shotgun-metagenomics-with-qiime-2/28040). With contigs from that tutorial, you could look for Resistance Genes using a database like [CARD](https://card.mcmaster.ca/).
What biological system are you studying? Which antibiotics are you interested in?
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### Author:  [@Vinzent\_Risch](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Vinzent_Risch)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/does-qiime2-do-antimicrobial-resistance-analysis/28755/5 "2024-01-24T08:32:42Z")
Hello Louis,
Welcome to the Qiime2 community! Regarding your question about antimicrobial resistance gene determination in metagenomic samples, you're in luck! I just announced a specific plugin called q2-amr that can help you with exactly that.
> [@q2-amr: A Plugin for Antibiotic Resistance Gene Analysis in Qiime2](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/q2-amr-a-plugin-for-antibiotic-resistance-gene-analysis-in-qiime2/29007):
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> Hello Qiime2 Community! I'm excited to introduce [q2-amr](https://github.com/bokulich-lab/q2-amr), a new Qiime2 plugin, designed to integrate Antibiotic Resistance Gene (ARG) analysis into Qiime2. This plugin leverages the Resistance Gene Identifier ([RGI](https://github.com/arpcard/rgi)) and the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database ([CARD](https://card.mcmaster.ca/)) to detect ARGs in both reads and MAGs. Features: Data Fetching: Automatically fetch and preprocess all necessary CARD databases. ARG Detection: Detect ARGs in reads and MAGs. Heatmap Visualization: Generate heatmap visualiz…
Feel free to give feedback or ask any questions you might have!
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### Author:  [@Louis](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Louis)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/does-qiime2-do-antimicrobial-resistance-analysis/28755/6 "2024-02-05T00:22:07Z")
Thank you so much, this is great