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Title: A new fungal large subunit ribosomal RNA primer for high throughput sequencing surveys

Abstract

The inclusion of phylogenetic metrics in community ecology has provided insights into important ecological processes, particularly when combined with high-throughput sequencing methods; however, these approaches have not been widely used in studies of fungal communities relative to other microbial groups. Two obstacles have been considered: (1) the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region has limited utility for constructing phylogenies and (2) most PCR primers that target the large subunit (LSU) ribosomal unit generate amplicons that exceed current limits of high-throughput sequencing platforms. We designed and tested a PCR primer (LR22R) to target approximately 300–400 bp region of the D2 hypervariable region of the fungal LSU for use with the Illumina MiSeq platform. Both in silico and empirical analyses showed that the LR22R–LR3 pair captured a broad range of fungal taxonomic groups with a small fraction of non-fungal groups. Phylogenetic placement of publically available LSU D2 sequences showed broad agreement with taxonomic classification. Comparisons of the LSU D2 and the ITS2 ribosomal regions from environmental samples and known communities showed similar discriminatory abilities of the two primer sets. Altogether, these findings show that the LR22R–LR3 primer pair has utility for phylogenetic analyses of fungal communities using high-throughput sequencing methods.

Authors:
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1247671
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-15-26504
Journal ID: ISSN 1574-6941
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
FEMS Microbiology Ecology (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 92; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1574-6941
Publisher:
Federation of European Microbiological Societies
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; illumina sequencing; large subunit ribosomal RNA gene; fungal community composition; phylogenetic community measures; contrived community analysis

Citation Formats

Mueller, Rebecca C., Gallegos-Graves, La Verne, and Kuske, Cheryl R. A new fungal large subunit ribosomal RNA primer for high throughput sequencing surveys. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiv153.
Mueller, Rebecca C., Gallegos-Graves, La Verne, & Kuske, Cheryl R. A new fungal large subunit ribosomal RNA primer for high throughput sequencing surveys. United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiv153
Mueller, Rebecca C., Gallegos-Graves, La Verne, and Kuske, Cheryl R. 2015. "A new fungal large subunit ribosomal RNA primer for high throughput sequencing surveys". United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiv153. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1247671.
@article{osti_1247671,
title = {A new fungal large subunit ribosomal RNA primer for high throughput sequencing surveys},
author = {Mueller, Rebecca C. and Gallegos-Graves, La Verne and Kuske, Cheryl R.},
abstractNote = {The inclusion of phylogenetic metrics in community ecology has provided insights into important ecological processes, particularly when combined with high-throughput sequencing methods; however, these approaches have not been widely used in studies of fungal communities relative to other microbial groups. Two obstacles have been considered: (1) the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region has limited utility for constructing phylogenies and (2) most PCR primers that target the large subunit (LSU) ribosomal unit generate amplicons that exceed current limits of high-throughput sequencing platforms. We designed and tested a PCR primer (LR22R) to target approximately 300–400 bp region of the D2 hypervariable region of the fungal LSU for use with the Illumina MiSeq platform. Both in silico and empirical analyses showed that the LR22R–LR3 pair captured a broad range of fungal taxonomic groups with a small fraction of non-fungal groups. Phylogenetic placement of publically available LSU D2 sequences showed broad agreement with taxonomic classification. Comparisons of the LSU D2 and the ITS2 ribosomal regions from environmental samples and known communities showed similar discriminatory abilities of the two primer sets. Altogether, these findings show that the LR22R–LR3 primer pair has utility for phylogenetic analyses of fungal communities using high-throughput sequencing methods.},
doi = {10.1093/femsec/fiv153},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1247671}, journal = {FEMS Microbiology Ecology (Online)},
issn = {1574-6941},
number = 2,
volume = 92,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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