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Unlocking Short Read Sequencing for Metagenomics
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BACKGROUND: Different high-throughput nucleic acid sequencing platforms are currently available but a trade-off currently exists between the cost and number of reads that can be generated versus the read length that can be achieved. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We describe an experimental and computational pipeline yielding millions of reads that can exceed 200 bp with quality scores approaching that of traditional Sanger sequencing. The method combines an automatable gel-less library construction step with paired-end sequencing on a short-read instrument. With appropriately sized library inserts, mate-pair sequences can overlap, and we describe the SHERA software package that joins them to form a longer composite read. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: This strategy is broadly applicable to sequencing applications that benefit from low-cost high-throughput sequencing, but require longer read lengths. We demonstrate that our approach enables metagenomic analyses using the Illumina Genome Analyzer, with low error rates, and at a fraction of the cost of pyrosequencing.
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- Authors
- Rodrigue, S., Materna, A. C., Timberlake, S. C., Blackburn, M. C., Malmstrom, R. R., Alm, E. J., & Chisholm, S. W.
- Affiliations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Alm, Eric J.
- Chisholm, Sallie W.
- Venue
- PLoS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2010-07-28
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- e11840
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2911387
- OpenAlex
- W2151671981
- Cited by
- 168
- References
- 24
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- FWCI
- 7.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
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- DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy (DEFG0207ER64506)
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Keywords
- metagenomics, short-read sequencing, long-read sequencing, paired-end sequencing, sequencing cost, read length
- MeSH terms
- Software, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Metagenomics
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