Nanopore sequencing reaches amplicon sequence variant (ASV) resolution
Marie Riisgaard-Jensen, Stefania Andrea Rosso Villanelo, Kasper Skytte Andersen, Rasmus Hansen Kirkegaard, Susan Hove Hansen, Chenjing Jiang, Albert Vejlin Stefansen, Jakob Holm Dalsgaard Thomsen, Per Halkjær Nielsen, Morten Simonsen Dueholm
This study shows that Oxford Nanopore Technologies can generate amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) directly from raw reads, enabling high-resolution microbial community profiling without reliance on reference databases.
bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics