An improved method for bacterial identification through 16s rDNA sequencing using double set of primers: A case study

  • Amanat Ah
  • , Sohail Hameed*
  • , Ivan J. Oresnik
  • , Muhammad Shahid
  • , Mohsin Tariq
  • , Naveed Ahmad
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

16S rDNA sequencing is an established technique for molecular identification and phylogenetic studies of bacteria. In most of the previous studies, single set of primers (16S forward and 16S reverse) was unlikely to amplify and sequence full fragment of 16S gene and the product size remained shorter. Thus, an improved method was adopted to sequence the full- length 16S rDNA fragment employing an additional set of internal primers (Henk 16S and Hoff 16S) along with external primers (Loff 16SF and Loff 16SR) in a single run to enhance the precision in bacterial identification by getting a sequence length of over 1300 bp. Moreover, we presented another way to tackle the missing sequences and some faulty readings in the raw sequence data that appear to be another impediment causing imprecise identification of bacteria. Therefore, peaks cross matching was done while editing the raw sequence data prior to alignment through NCBI BLAST. Finally, CAP3 sequence assembly online program was employed for precise assembling of the sequence data obtained from each of the four primers to obtain a single contiguous sequence for greater precision in bacterial identification. This approach will certainly help taxonomists to describe novel bacterial species.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)285-291
Number of pages7
JournalPakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Volume52
Issue number2
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2015
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • 16S rDNA sequencing
  • Bacterial identification
  • CAP3 assembly program
  • PCR primers
  • Soil microbes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Food Science
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Soil Science
  • Plant Science

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