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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 71, Issue 12, Pages 8966-8969Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8966-8969.2005
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The contribution of PCR artifacts to 16S rRNA gene sequence diversity from a complex bacterioplankton sample was estimated. Taq DNA polymerase errors were found to be the dominant sequence artifact but could be constrained by clustering the sequences into 99% sequence similarity groups. Other artifacts (chimeras and heteroduplex molecules) were significantly reduced by employing modified amplification protocols. Surprisingly, no skew in sequence types was detected in the two libraries constructed from PCR products amplified for different numbers of cycles. Recommendations for modification of amplification protocols and for reporting diversity estimates at 99% sequence similarity as a standard are given.
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