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# Shotgun Microbiome

This walkthrough will guide you using the EzBioCloud Shotgun Microbiome tool.

We’re going to go through the stages of shotgun microbiome profiling:

* Create a study
* Download samples
* Profile study samples
* Describe profiled samples
* Sort samples into datasets
* Analyse datasets

Now let’s [get started](/home/protocols/shotgun-microbiome/get-started.md).