A rapid approach to profiling diverse fungal communities using the MinION™ nanopore sequencer. 2020

Korena K Mafune, and Bruce J Godfrey, and Daniel J Vogt, and Kristiina A Vogt
School of Environmental & Forest Sciences, College of the Environment, University of Washington, Box 352100, Seattle, WA 98195-2100, USA.

The Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION™ sequencer holds the capability to generate long amplicon reads; however, only a small amount of information is available regarding methodological approaches and the ability to identify a broad diversity of fungal taxa. To assess capabilities, three fungal mock communities were sequenced, each of which had varying ratios of 16 taxa. The data were processed through our selected pipeline. The MinION recovered all mock community members, when mixed at equal ratios. When a taxon was represented at a lower ratio, it was not recovered or decreased in relative abundance. Despite high error rates, highly accurate consensus sequences can be derived. This methodological approach identified all mock community taxa, demonstrating the MinION can be used as a practical alternative to profile fungal communities.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D004271 DNA, Fungal Deoxyribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of fungi. Fungal DNA
D005658 Fungi A kingdom of eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that live parasitically as saprobes, including MUSHROOMS; YEASTS; smuts, molds, etc. They reproduce either sexually or asexually, and have life cycles that range from simple to complex. Filamentous fungi, commonly known as molds, refer to those that grow as multicellular colonies. Fungi, Filamentous,Molds,Filamentous Fungi,Filamentous Fungus,Fungus,Fungus, Filamentous,Mold
D000072761 Mycobiome The full spectrum of FUNGI that exist within a particular biological niche such as an organism, soil, a body of water, etc. Fungal Community,Fungal Microbiome,Fungal Microbiota,Communities, Fungal,Community, Fungal,Fungal Communities,Fungal Microbiomes,Fungal Microbiotas,Microbiome, Fungal,Microbiomes, Fungal,Microbiota, Fungal,Microbiotas, Fungal,Mycobiomes
D000081414 Nanopore Sequencing A sequencing protocol that drives nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) in an electric field through NANOPORES allowing single molecule sequence analysis. Nanopore Sequencings,Sequencing, Nanopore

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