The PCR first amplification of the V3 and V4 regions of 16S rRNA was performed using 341F (5′ TCGTCGGCAGCGTC-AGATGTGTATAAGAGACAG-CCTACGGGNGGCWGCAG-3′) and 805R (5′ GTCTCGTGG GCTCGG-, AGATGTGTATAAGAGACAG-GACTACHVGGGTATCTAATCC-3′) primers, as described previously [48 (link)]. The second PCR amplification for Illumina NexTera barcodes attachment was performed. Bioanalyzer 2100 (Agilent, Palo Alto, CA, USA) was employed to evaluate quality and product size using a DNA 7500 chip. Sequencing was performed in accordance with the instructions of the Illumina MiSeq Sequencing System (Illumina Inc., SD, USA).
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