Introduction to Metabarcoding using QIIME2 - Echidna Dataset

This is the data and associated metadata file for the Melbourne Bioinformatics workshop (https://mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/melbournebioinformatics/teaching-and-training), Introduction to Metabarcoding using QIIME2 - Mammal Dataset. There are 38 samples in this dataset from the short-beaked echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus. 

1. 5 samples from each individual (3x male and 3x female).
2. 8 control samples (DNA extraction blanks (n=5) and PCR blanks (n=3))