16S rRNA amplicon sequencing for epidemiological surveys of bacteria in wildlife: the importance of cleaning post-sequencing data before estimating positivity, prevalence and co-infection
Maxime Galan, Maria Razzauti, Emilie Bard, Maria Bernard, Carine Brouat, Nathalie Charbonnel, Alexandre Dehne-Garcia, Anne Loiseau, Caroline Tatard, Lucie Tamisier, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat, Helene Vignes, Jean Francois Cosson
This paper describes a data cleaning procedure for 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing to accurately estimate bacterial positivity, prevalence, and coinfection in wildlife, using rodent samples from Senegal.
bioRxiv · Jun 19, 2016Microbiology