A new Illumina MiSeq high-throughput sequencing-based method for evaluating the composition of the Bacteroides community in the intestine using the rpsD gene sequence

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Abstract

Bacteroides is a bacterial genus that is known to closely interact with the host. The potential role of this genus is associated with its ecological status and distribution in the intestine. However, the current 16S V3–V4 region sequencing method can only detect the abundance of this genus, revealing a need for a novel sequencing method that can elucidate the composition of Bacteroides in the human gut microbiota. In this study, a core gene, rpsD, was selected as a template for the design of a Bacteroides-specific primer set. We used this primer set to develop a novel assay based on the Illumina MiSeq sequencing platform that enabled an accurate assessment of the Bacteroides compositions in complex samples. Known amounts of genomic DNA from 10 Bacteroides species were mixed with a complex sample and used to evaluate the performance and detection limit of our assay. The results were highly consistent with those of direct sequencing with a low Bacteroides DNA detection threshold (0.01 ng), supporting the reliability of our assay. In addition, the assay could detect all the known Bacteroides species within the faecal sample. In summary, we provide a sensitive and specific approach to determining the Bacteroides species in complex samples.

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Wang, C., Feng, S., Xiao, Y., Pan, M., Zhao, J., Zhang, H., … Chen, W. (2021). A new Illumina MiSeq high-throughput sequencing-based method for evaluating the composition of the Bacteroides community in the intestine using the rpsD gene sequence. Microbial Biotechnology, 14(2), 577–586. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13651

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