Performing Permanova analysis for dataset in Qiime2 (PCoA, Beta Diversity)

[Mashuk]

Hi all,
I want to perform Permanova analysis for my dataset (PCoA, Beta Diversity) to check if there is distance between the groups.
How could distance between all paired/unifrac/weighted/unweighted/bray curtis can be calculated?
Can someone suggest the path, input and output artifacts, commands needed?
I have just gone through a previous post in the forum

Understanding beta-group-significance permanova pairwise statistics

Hi, I have looked through the forum to the best of my ability to find answers to my questions, but have come up short on a few questions. I realize they are probably simple answers, but Qiime2 is new to me, and so is the statistics involved. To quickly summarize my work, I have a collection of serum samples from aerosol challenged rhesus macaques that I tested with a serodiagnostic assay to look for immune responses. The serum samples can be categorized by collection date, such as pre-challeng…

here, it shows table.biom file as input artifact, how could I find /generate that file?
Could someone suggest the way?,
And additionally, if someone can explain the basics/principle of these analysis types?

[thermokarst]

Hi @Mashuk!

@Mashuk

How could distance between all paired/unifrac/weighted/unweighted/bray curtis can be calculated?

Please check out the Moving Pictures tutorial:

https://docs.qiime2.org/2020.6/tutorials/moving-pictures/

The Alpha and beta diversity analysis section of that tutorial demonstrates this technique.

Keep us posted!