How to deal with contaminations that might be partly real

Hi @Alexandra_Bastkowska,

I have seen all sorts of levels β€” it varies by experiment so I can't really comment on how frequently it really occurs but it certainly is a more prevalent problem than many would like to believe. However, it is also probably only problematic with low-biomass samples (as I'm imagining your samples may be, depending on the biopsy site).

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Indeed, this would be useful information to have.

Good luck with the next steps! If you are willing to share, please post your findings back here, I will be interested to hear what you find. (and of course please open a new forum thread if you run into any questions/issues with qiime2)

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