5 mL Tryptic soy broth (TSB) (
BD BactoTM Cat # 6357914) + 5% Defibrinated Sheep blood (Remel, Cat # R54016, USA) liquid cultures from stock of clinical isolates were prepared and incubated under anaerobic conditions (90% N
2, 5% CO
2, 5% H
2) at 37°C for 48 hrs. Then 1 mL of each isolate liquid culture was transferred to an Eppendorf tube and centrifuged at 13000 rpm for 60 seconds to collect bacteria. Total bacterial genome DNA of
Bacteroides fragilis isolates was extracted, referring to steps in the instructions of the bacterial DNA extraction kit (
Puregene yeast/Bact kit B, Qiagen, Cat#158567, USA). Extracted DNA samples were then quantified using a
Qubit fluorometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Cat# Q33238, USA) and library prepared using Illumina’s
Nextera DNA Flex Library Prep kits (Cat# 20018705, USA) and following the manufacturer recommendation for the protocol. Only samples with a minimum of 100 ng DNA inputs were included. Pooled libraries were then quantified using the Qubit and diluted with
Resuspension Buffer (Illumina, Cat# 20018705, USA) to 2 nM, then loaded on a NextSeq for sequencing with 50X sequencing depth.
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