# Profiling culture strain

**URL:** <https://forum.biobakery.org/t/profiling-culture-strain/8598>\
**Category:** MaAsLin\
**Created:** [November 1, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/profiling-culture-strain/8598 "2025-11-01T20:22:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kahwaski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.biobakery.org/kahwaski/32/3517_2.png) [@kahwaski](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/kahwaski)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/profiling-culture-strain/8598/1 "2025-11-01T20:22:17Z")

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is it possible to analyse culture strain with meta or strainPlan 4 ?

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**Author:** ![WillNickols](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.biobakery.org/willnickols/32/3223_2.png) [@WillNickols](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/WillNickols)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/profiling-culture-strain/8598/2 "2025-11-04T02:01:14Z")

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It looks like this is probably the wrong category for the question, and I’m not quite sure what you’re asking about culture strains, but StrainPhlAn can analyze strains based on their SNPs.