When it comes to taxonomic profiling of the microbiome, amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) is a method that has unique benefits compared to the traditional method of sequence similarity-based operational taxonomic unit (OTU) clustering. This training’ll cover how to effectively do taxonomic profiling using QIAGEN CLC Genomics Workbench’s ASV tools and a customizable workflow.

Specifically, you’ll learn how to:
1. Collect and bin sequence variants for each sample
2. Merge AVS tables to compare profiles
3. Assign the taxonomic profile/organism
4. Export high-resolution graphical and comprehensive tabular results