Bacterial DNA was extracted using the NucliSENS® easyMAG® system (BioMèrieux, Gorman, NC, United States), following the manufacturer’s instructions, starting from 500 μl and with a final elution volume of 50 μl. Briefly, a 500-base-pair region of the V1–V3 portion of the 16S rRNA gene and, subsequently, the 200-base-pair region of the V3 portion was amplified, as elsewhere described (Campisciano et al., 2018 (link)). The V3 amplicon was used for template preparation by the Ion PGM Hi-Q View kit on the Ion OneTouchTM 2 System (Life Technologies, Grand Island, NY, United States) and sequenced using the Ion PGM Hi-Q View sequencing kit (Life Technologies, Grand Island, NY, United States) with the Ion PGMTM System technology. Negative controls, including a no-template control, were processed with the clinical samples.
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