Get or set the MetaPhlAn taxonomic profile — mpa

Extracts or updates the core taxonomic abundance data from a metaphlanProfile object. The taxonomic profile is stored as a data.frame containing taxonomic identifiers (clade_name) and relative abundances per sample.

Usage

mpa_taxProfile(object)

mpa_taxProfile(object) <- value

Arguments

object: An object of class metaphlanProfile.
value: A data.frame with a MetaPhlAn taxonomic profile. Taxonomic lineages should be stored in a 'clade_name' column.

Value

The taxonomic profile (when getting), or updated metaphlanProfile (when setting).