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PLOS ONE
Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128036
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- National Science Foundation [DMS-0903013]
- Scientific Interface from the Burroughs Wellcome Foundation
- James S. McDonnell Foundation
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- US National Science Foundation [PHY 1313638]
- US National Institutes of Health [R01-GM081617, R01-GM104239]
- European Research Council [281891]
- Hoffman-LaRoche
- Division Of Physics
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1313638] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- European Research Council (ERC) [281891] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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Whole-genome sequencing has become an indispensible tool of modern biology. However, the cost of sample preparation relative to the cost of sequencing remains high, especially for small genomes where the former is dominant. Here we present a protocol for rapid and inexpensive preparation of hundreds of multiplexed genomic libraries for Illumina sequencing. By carrying out the Nextera tagmentation reaction in small volumes, replacing costly reagents with cheaper equivalents, and omitting unnecessary steps, we achieve a cost of library preparation of $ 8 per sample, approximately 6 times cheaper than the standard Nextera XT protocol. Furthermore, our procedure takes less than 5 hours for 96 samples. Several hundred samples can then be pooled on the same HiSeq lane via custom barcodes. Our method will be useful for re-sequencing of microbial or viral genomes, including those from evolution experiments, genetic screens, and environmental samples, as well as for other sequencing applications including large amplicon, open chromosome, artificial chromosomes, and RNA sequencing.
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