Abstract：
:Analysis of microbial communities is of broad interest in biology and high throughput sequencing is now the preferred method. However, some studies may not need the level of detail high throughput sequencing provides and its cost may limit the number of samples that can be sequenced. High resolution melting analysis (HRM) of 16S rRNA gene variable regions has been proposed as an efficient and low cost method to prioritize samples for sequencing but more specific primers are needed and its efficacy needs to be confirmed. We tested a more specific pair of primers and compared results concerning the structure of microbial communities in tadpole intestine and feces obtained using HRM, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and high-throughput sequencing performed in parallel. All three methods showed similar conclusions concerning the communities and revealed communities that differed among intestinal regions and feces. The improved HRM method targets a shorter amplicon in the V3 region of the 16S rRNA gene and uses non-degenerate primers, both of which increase the sensitivity of HRM. The HRM approach was shown to be as effective as DGGE for comparing microbial communities, is considerably easier to perform, and can be used to assess differences in microbial community structure among a large number of samples before committing to sequencing.
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J Microbiol Methodsjournal_title
Journal of microbiological methodsauthors
Everman S,Wang SYdoi
10.1016/j.mimet.2017.07.006subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-09-01 00:00:00pages
77-81eissn
0167-7012issn
1872-8359pii
S0167-7012(17)30188-4journal_volume
140pub_type
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