Targeting the 16S rRNA gene for bacterial identification in complex mixed samples: comparative evaluation of second (Illumina) and third (Oxford Nanopore Technologies) generation sequencing technologies.

Last updated on 9-2-2022 by Raf Winand

Peer reviewed scientific article

English

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Abstract:

Rapid, accurate bacterial identification in biological samples is an important task for microbiology laboratories, for which 16S~rRNA gene Sanger sequencing of cultured isolates is frequently used. In contrast, next-generation sequencing does not require intermediate culturing steps and can be directly applied on communities, but its performance has not been extensively evaluated. We present a comparative evaluation of second (Illumina) and third (Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT)) generation sequencing technologies for 16S targeted genomics using a well-characterized reference sample. Dif…

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