Comparison of Two 16S rRNA Primers (V3–V4 and V4–V5) for Studies of Arctic Microbial Communities
Microbial communities of the Arctic Ocean are poorly characterized in comparison to other aquatic environments as to their horizontal, vertical, and temporal turnover. Yet, recent studies showed that the Arctic marine ecosystem harbors unique microbial community members that are adapted to harsh env...
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ftunivmassamh:oai:scholarworks.umass.edu:micro_faculty_pubs-1338 2023-05-15T14:41:22+02:00 Comparison of Two 16S rRNA Primers (V3–V4 and V4–V5) for Studies of Arctic Microbial Communities Fadeev, Eduard Cardozo-Mino, Magda G. Rapp, Josephine Z. Bienhold, Christina Salter, Ian Salman-Carvalho, Verena Molari, Massimiliano Tegetmeyer, Halina E. Buttigieg, Pier Luigi 2021-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarworks.umass.edu/micro_faculty_pubs/339 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1338&context=micro_faculty_pubs unknown ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst https://scholarworks.umass.edu/micro_faculty_pubs/339 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1338&context=micro_faculty_pubs http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY Microbiology Department Faculty Publication Series Microbiology text 2021 ftunivmassamh 2022-08-18T17:45:09Z Microbial communities of the Arctic Ocean are poorly characterized in comparison to other aquatic environments as to their horizontal, vertical, and temporal turnover. Yet, recent studies showed that the Arctic marine ecosystem harbors unique microbial community members that are adapted to harsh environmental conditions, such as near-freezing temperatures and extreme seasonality. The gene for the small ribosomal subunit (16S rRNA) is commonly used to study the taxonomic composition of microbial communities in their natural environment. Several primer sets for this marker gene have been extensively tested across various sample sets, but these typically originated from low-latitude environments. An explicit evaluation of primer-set performances in representing the microbial communities of the Arctic Ocean is currently lacking. To select a suitable primer set for studying microbiomes of various Arctic marine habitats (sea ice, surface water, marine snow, deep ocean basin, and deep-sea sediment), we have conducted a performance comparison between two widely used primer sets, targeting different hypervariable regions of the 16S rRNA gene (V3-V4 and V4-V5). We observed that both primer sets were highly similar in representing the total microbial community composition down to genus rank, which was also confirmed independently by subgroup-specific catalyzed reporter deposition-fluorescence in situ hybridization (CARD-FISH) counts. Each primer set revealed higher internal diversity within certain bacterial taxonomic groups (e.g., the class Bacteroidia by V3-V4, and the phylum Planctomycetes by V4-V5). However, the V4-V5 primer set provides concurrent coverage of the archaeal domain, a relevant component comprising 10-20% of the community in Arctic deep waters and the sediment. Although both primer sets perform similarly, we suggest the use of the V4-V5 primer set for the integration of both bacterial and archaeal community dynamics in the Arctic marine environment. Text Arctic Arctic Ocean Sea ice University of Massachusetts: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Arctic Arctic Ocean |
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Microbial communities of the Arctic Ocean are poorly characterized in comparison to other aquatic environments as to their horizontal, vertical, and temporal turnover. Yet, recent studies showed that the Arctic marine ecosystem harbors unique microbial community members that are adapted to harsh environmental conditions, such as near-freezing temperatures and extreme seasonality. The gene for the small ribosomal subunit (16S rRNA) is commonly used to study the taxonomic composition of microbial communities in their natural environment. Several primer sets for this marker gene have been extensively tested across various sample sets, but these typically originated from low-latitude environments. An explicit evaluation of primer-set performances in representing the microbial communities of the Arctic Ocean is currently lacking. To select a suitable primer set for studying microbiomes of various Arctic marine habitats (sea ice, surface water, marine snow, deep ocean basin, and deep-sea sediment), we have conducted a performance comparison between two widely used primer sets, targeting different hypervariable regions of the 16S rRNA gene (V3-V4 and V4-V5). We observed that both primer sets were highly similar in representing the total microbial community composition down to genus rank, which was also confirmed independently by subgroup-specific catalyzed reporter deposition-fluorescence in situ hybridization (CARD-FISH) counts. Each primer set revealed higher internal diversity within certain bacterial taxonomic groups (e.g., the class Bacteroidia by V3-V4, and the phylum Planctomycetes by V4-V5). However, the V4-V5 primer set provides concurrent coverage of the archaeal domain, a relevant component comprising 10-20% of the community in Arctic deep waters and the sediment. Although both primer sets perform similarly, we suggest the use of the V4-V5 primer set for the integration of both bacterial and archaeal community dynamics in the Arctic marine environment. |
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Fadeev, Eduard Cardozo-Mino, Magda G. Rapp, Josephine Z. Bienhold, Christina Salter, Ian Salman-Carvalho, Verena Molari, Massimiliano Tegetmeyer, Halina E. Buttigieg, Pier Luigi |
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Fadeev, Eduard Cardozo-Mino, Magda G. Rapp, Josephine Z. Bienhold, Christina Salter, Ian Salman-Carvalho, Verena Molari, Massimiliano Tegetmeyer, Halina E. Buttigieg, Pier Luigi |
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Comparison of Two 16S rRNA Primers (V3–V4 and V4–V5) for Studies of Arctic Microbial Communities |
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Comparison of Two 16S rRNA Primers (V3–V4 and V4–V5) for Studies of Arctic Microbial Communities |
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Comparison of Two 16S rRNA Primers (V3–V4 and V4–V5) for Studies of Arctic Microbial Communities |
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Comparison of Two 16S rRNA Primers (V3–V4 and V4–V5) for Studies of Arctic Microbial Communities |
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Comparison of Two 16S rRNA Primers (V3–V4 and V4–V5) for Studies of Arctic Microbial Communities |
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comparison of two 16s rrna primers (v3–v4 and v4–v5) for studies of arctic microbial communities |
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