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Daryl M. Gohl
University of Minnesota Genomics Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Here we describe an optimized protocol for amplicon-based microbiome profiling by next-generation sequencing (NGS). The protocol uses a modular, two-step PCR process that provides versatility as a common set of indexing primers can be paired with many sets of marker gene specific primers. We describe primer sets that have been used to prepare libraries for variable regions V1-V3, V3-V4 V3-V5, V4, V4-V6, and V5-V6 of the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene, as well as for variable region V9 of the 18S rRNA gene and the ITS1 and ITS2 regions. This protocol is designed for high-throughput and incorporates the best practices for amplicon-based NGS library preparation that we have previously described. We have demonstrated that these best practices substantially increase accuracy compared to existing methods and also, importantly, minimize the dropout of taxa that have mismatches to the amplification primers.
Keywords
Microbiome, Next-generation sequencing, PCR, amplicon
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D.M.G. and K.B.B. are inventors on a patent application that incorporates aspects of the findings described here.
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Table 2 Dual-indexing primers The sequence and suggested ordering layout of the indexing primer set (16 forward and 24 reverse primers, which allow multiplexing of up to 384 samples per lane) is shown, along with the indexing scheme (corresponding to the MiSeq setup templates), the index name, and the index sequence as it should appear in the sample sheet.
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Table 1 Marker gene primer sequences with dual-indexing adapters The marker gene targeted portion of the primer is highlighted in bold. * indicates a phosphorothiol bond, which prevents excessive adapter dimer formation with the ITS1 primer set.
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Systematic improvement of amplicon marker gene methods for increased accuracy in microbiome studies
by Daryl M. Gohl, Pajau Vangay, John Garbe, +9
Nature Biotechnology (28 April, 2016)
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Method Article
Daryl M. Gohl
University of Minnesota Genomics Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Corresponding Author
Version History
CURRENT STATUS: Posted
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Posted 25 Jul, 2016
Community comments: 2
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License:
This work is licensed under a CC BY-NC 3.0 License. Read Full License
Here we describe an optimized protocol for amplicon-based microbiome profiling by next-generation sequencing (NGS). The protocol uses a modular, two-step PCR process that provides versatility as a common set of indexing primers can be paired with many sets of marker gene specific primers. We describe primer sets that have been used to prepare libraries for variable regions V1-V3, V3-V4 V3-V5, V4, V4-V6, and V5-V6 of the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene, as well as for variable region V9 of the 18S rRNA gene and the ITS1 and ITS2 regions. This protocol is designed for high-throughput and incorporates the best practices for amplicon-based NGS library preparation that we have previously described. We have demonstrated that these best practices substantially increase accuracy compared to existing methods and also, importantly, minimize the dropout of taxa that have mismatches to the amplification primers.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 4
D.M.G. and K.B.B. are inventors on a patent application that incorporates aspects of the findings described here.
This is a list of supplementary files associated with this preprint. Click to download.
- supplement0.xlsx
Table 2 Dual-indexing primers The sequence and suggested ordering layout of the indexing primer set (16 forward and 24 reverse primers, which allow multiplexing of up to 384 samples per lane) is shown, along with the indexing scheme (corresponding to the MiSeq setup templates), the index name, and the index sequence as it should appear in the sample sheet.
- supplement0.zip
Protocol Supplemental Files Supplemental Files
- supplement0.xlsx
Table 1 Marker gene primer sequences with dual-indexing adapters The marker gene targeted portion of the primer is highlighted in bold. * indicates a phosphorothiol bond, which prevents excessive adapter dimer formation with the ITS1 primer set.
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Associated Publications
Systematic improvement of amplicon marker gene methods for increased accuracy in microbiome studies
by Daryl M. Gohl, Pajau Vangay, John Garbe, +9
Nature Biotechnology (28 April, 2016)