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16S-Pipeline: A comprehensive web-based platform for end-to-end 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing analysis
Tatsuya Unno
Received March 16, 2026  Accepted April 8, 2026  Published online May 14, 2026  
DOI: https://doi.org/10.71150/jm.2603014    [Epub ahead of print]
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16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing is the most widely used approach for characterizing microbial communities, yet analyzing such data requires navigating a fragmented landscape of bioinformatics tools with distinct installation requirements, parameter settings, and data formats. Here we present 16S-Pipeline, an open-source, web-based platform that provides a complete workflow from raw FASTQ files to publication-ready statistical analyses. 16S-Pipeline automatically detects sequencing type (paired-end, single-end, long-read), variable region, and sequencing platform (Illumina, PacBio HiFi, Nanopore), then performs quality filtering, primer trimming, amplicon sequence variant (ASV) inference via DADA2, taxonomy assignment against SILVA v138.1, phylogenetic tree construction, and optional functional prediction via PICRUSt2. Downstream analyses include alpha and beta diversity, taxonomic composition visualization, differential abundance testing using five complementary methods (ALDEx2, DESeq2, ANCOM-BC2, LinDA, MaAsLin2) with consensus reporting, and KEGG pathway mapping. Built-in NCBI SRA integration enables downloading public datasets for re-analysis and generates submission metadata spreadsheets for data deposition. The interactive web interface built on FastAPI and Plotly Dash enables researchers to perform complex microbiome analyses without command-line expertise. 16S-Pipeline is freely available at https://github.com/tatsu1207/16S-Pipeline under the MIT License.


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