Microvariation Artifacts Introduced by PCR and Cloning of Closely Related 16S rRNA Gene Sequences

Author:

Speksnijder Arjen G. C. L.12,Kowalchuk George A.3,De Jong Sander2,Kline Elizabeth4,Stephen John R.4,Laanbroek Hendrikus J.2

Affiliation:

1. Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom1;

2. Department of Microbial Ecology, Centre for Limnology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, 3136 AC Nieuwersluis,2 The Netherlands; and

3. Department of Plant-Microorganism Interactions, Centre for Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, 6666 ZG Heteren,3 and

4. Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37932-25754

Abstract

ABSTRACT A defined template mixture of seven closely related 16S-rDNA clones was used in a PCR-cloning experiment to assess and track sources of artifactual sequence variation in 16S rDNA clone libraries. At least 14% of the recovered clones contained aberrations. Artifact sources were polymerase errors, a mutational hot spot, and cloning of heteroduplexes and chimeras. These data may partially explain the high degree of microheterogeneity typical of sequence clusters detected in environmental clone libraries.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Reference27 articles.

1. Gene organisation and primary structure of a ribosomal RNA operon from Escherichia coli.;Brosius J.;J. Mol. Biol.,1981

2. Repair of heteroduplex DNA molecules with multibase loops in Escherichia coli.;Caraway M.;J. Bacteriol.,1993

3. Deletion mutagenesis during polymerase chain reaction: dependence on DNA polymerase.;Cariello N. F.;Gene,1991

4. PAGE analysis of the heteroduplexes formed between PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes: estimation of sequence similarity and rDNA complexity.;Espejo R. T.;Microbiology (United Kingdom),1998

5. Effect of genome size and rrn gene copy number on PCR amplification of 16S rRNA genes from a mixture of bacterial species

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3