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# Interoperability with other tools
While most of the typical steps in a metagenomic analysis can be performed within QIIME 2, there are cases where you 
might want to use other tools to perform certain tasks. In this chapter, we will show you how you can get some data in 
and out of the QIIME 2 artifacts to continue your analysis workflow elsewhere.