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SUBMITTER: Winsley T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3406127 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Winsley T T van Dorst J M JM Brown M V MV Ferrari B C BC
Applied and environmental microbiology 20120608 16
A large proportion of "universal" 16S PCR primers lack sequence homology to many of the "candidate" divisions, severely limiting bacterial diversity assessments. We designed a primer set that offers a 50% increase in silico in coverage of the domain Bacteria over the commonly used primer combination 27F/519R. Comparisons using pyrosequencing on soil environments showed a significant increase in recovery of taxonomic diversity with around a 3-fold increase in recovery of sequences from candidate ...[more]