# Quality control for shotgun metagenomics

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/quality-control-for-shotgun-metagenomics/29537
**Category:** General Discussion
**Tags:** quality-control
**Created:** [March 11, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/quality-control-for-shotgun-metagenomics/29537 "2024-03-11T22:32:01Z")
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### Author: ![maemkennedy](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@maemkennedy](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/maemkennedy)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/quality-control-for-shotgun-metagenomics/29537/2 "2024-03-11T18:03:32Z")

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Also, is kraken the only usable database for the shotgun workflow? Is kraken appropriate for all metagenomic data (I am mostly dealing with fungal DNA)?

Thanks!

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