en et al. 2019</a>)</span>, succeeded QIIME 1 on 1 January 2018. QIIME 2 is better than QIIME 1 in all ways, and QIIME 1 is no longer actively supported. If you have previously used QIIME 1, you should invest time in learning and switching to QIIME 2. If you’re new to QIIME, start with QIIME 2. (When I refer to QIIME in this book, without specifying whether I’m referring to QIIME 1 or QIIME 2, I’m referring to the platform generally.)</p>
<p>QIIME 2 has large and growing user and developer communities