# How to use metaphlan output

**URL:** <https://forum.biobakery.org/t/how-to-use-metaphlan-output/7762>\
**Category:** MetaPhlAn\
**Created:** [January 22, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/how-to-use-metaphlan-output/7762 "2025-01-22T16:36:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![jianxi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@jianxi](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/jianxi)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/how-to-use-metaphlan-output/7762/1 "2025-01-22T16:36:22Z")

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Hi,  
I am a novice, the following is part of my output results, I do not know whether it is the same level, I need all of them, or only analyze one at a time, how to achieve, hope to get help, thank you

```auto
Lachnospiraceae_bacterium_CLA_AA_H244
Lachnospiraceae_bacterium_AM48_27BH
Lachnospiraceae_bacterium_CLA_AA_H215
Lachnospiraceae_bacterium
Lachnospiraceae_bacterium_OM04_12BH
Lachnospiraceae_bacterium_2_1_46FAA
Lachnospiraceae_bacterium_NSJ_143
Lachnospiraceae_bacterium_oral_taxon_096
Lachnospiraceae_unclassified_SGB47637
Lachnospiraceae_bacterium_EP_SM_12S_S03
Lachnospiraceae_unclassified_SGB4708
Lachnospiraceae_bacterium_OF09_6
Lachnospiraceae_unclassified_SGB4550
Eubacterium_rectale
Eubacterium_ventriosum
Eubacterium_ramulus
Eubacterium_hominis
Eubacterium_sp_OM08_24
Eubacterium_SGB4961

```

```auto
merge_metaphlan_tables.py *_profile.txt > merged_abundance_table.txt
grep -E "s __|clade" merged_abundance_table.txt | grep -v "t__" | sed 's/^.*s__//g' | sed -e 's/clade_name/body_site/g' | sed "s/_1_kneaddata_paired-abundance//g" > merged_abundance_table_species.txt

```

Best  
JianXiZhang

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**Author:** ![jianxi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@jianxi](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/jianxi)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/how-to-use-metaphlan-output/7762/2 "2025-02-02T15:09:31Z")

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Problem solved, thank you