16S rRNA indexed primers amplify phylogenic markers for microbiome sequencing analysis
The 16S rRNA gene is frequently used in microbiome studies to identify the subset of microbes present in biological samples. Researchers amplify short hypervariable regions from this gene, tag the amplified products with unique barcodes, perform highly multiplexed sequencing runs, and compare the sequences to the known bacterial genome database. However, primer design for such analyses can be challenging given the massive sequence variability in sampled lifeforms. Read about the development and design of these primers, and how you can obtain your own custom, high fidelity versions of these sequences.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca
16S rRNA indexed primers amplify phylogenic markers for microbiome sequencing analysis
Source: Viral Bioinformatics
