filter_samples_when???

[Aakash_Mantri (Aakash)]

Hey everyone,
I have 117 participants with 2 samples each. I wish to filter out some samples, let say I wish to choose only 85 participants. I checked that I can do it with qiime feature-table filter-samples. However, I am confused at which point in the qiime workflow should I do it? If I do it after performing deblur, will it change the results, compared to before performing deblur?
I am interested in taxonomy analysis and to improve the taxonomy accuracy.
Thank you

[jwdebelius (Justine Debelius)]

Hi @Aakash_Mantri,

I would do this after deblur. ...I might actually calculate your distance matrices before doing it. It will not change the results of deblurring.

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