Performance of 16s rDNA primer pairs in the study of rhizosphere and endosphere bacterial microbiomes in metabarcoding studies

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue MAY, 2016, Pages

  Beckers, Bram ^a   Op De Beeck, Michiel ^a,d   Thijs, Sofie ^a   Truyens, Sascha ^a   Weyens, Nele ^a   Boerjan, Wout ^b,c   Vangronsveld, Jaco ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

16S rDNA metabarcoding; 454 pyrosequencing; Chloroplast DNA; Endophytes; Plant microbiome

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; DNA 16S; PRIMER DNA;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; DEINOCOCCACEAE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOPHYTE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNIT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT-GROWTH PROMOTING BACTERIUM; POPULUS TREMULA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PYROSEQUENCING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE BACTERIUM; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84973497865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00650     Document Type: Article

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