A simple sequence-based filtering method for the removal of contaminants in low-biomass 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing approaches

Autor: Magdalena Stock, Antony Schneegans, Tilman E. Klassert, Aylina Kulle, Rasmus Leistner, Hortense Slevogt, Antje Vester, Robert Neubert, Petra Gastmeier, Cristina Zubiria-Barrera
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 178:106060
ISSN: 0167-7012
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2020.106060
Popis: Controlling for contaminant sequences in microbiome experiments involving low-biomass samples is a highly challenging task which still lacks of standardized protocols. Here we propose a simple sequence-based filtering method for 16S rRNA gene microbial profiling approaches, and validate its efficiency using mock community dilution series and environmental samples collected in a clinical setting.
Databáze: OpenAIRE