The V1-V2 region of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using the universal primers 27Fmod (5′-AGRGTTTGATYMTGGCTCAG-3′) and 338R (5′-TGCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT-3′) as described previously33 (link). Amplicons generated from each sample (~ 330 bp) were subsequently purified using AMPure XP (Beckman Coulter). DNA was quantified using a Quant-iT Picogreen dsDNA assay kit (Invitrogen) and a TBS-380 Mini-Fluorometer (Turner Biosystems). The 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed with the MiSeq sequencing system (Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA) according to Illumina protocol.
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