Target and amplify the 16S/18S ribosomal RNA as a ‘fingerprint’ for different taxonomic groups.
Why 16S/18S?- gene is ubiquitous- contains conserved and variable regions
The universal nature of biochemistry. Pace NR.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Jan 30;98(3):805-8.
A microbe dominated world
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Sequencegeneration
Data processing
Samples:
Stool, fresh, N=11
Stool, freeze-dried, N=7
Robogut N=2
Lab 1
Artificial N=2
Raw Sample TransferN = 53
Control
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Lab 3
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Site 3
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IntegratedData
Analysis
Slide credit: Dr. Amnon Amir
Variability in methods
Handling
DNA extraction kit manufacturer
Chemagen 1
MO-BIO 7
Omega BioTek 1
Promega 1
Qiagen 2
Zymo Research Corporation 1
Not reported 3
Homogenizer used?
Yes 11
No 3
Not reported 1
PCR primer set
318F/806R 1
EMP V4 515F/806R 11
Schloss 2013 2
Sequencing machine model
HiSeq 2500 1
MiSeq 13
Paired end sequencing?
Yes 13
No 1
Sequencing read length
150 4
175 1
210 1
250 6
300 2
Fraction of PhiX (range 0-0.3) 0.11 ±0.08
Fraction quality bases (range 0.57-0.96) 0.86 ±0.12
Bioinformatics
Primary QC software
QIIME 2
Trimmomatic 3
UPARSE 2
Other/custom 2
Primary OTU calling software
QIIME 4
UPARSE 5
Unsupervised OTU clustering step?
Yes 8
No 2
Taxonomic assignment strategy
Classification 3
Clustering 5
Mapping 2
OTU filtering?
Yes 3
No 7
Slide credit: Dr. Amnon Amir
Metcalf, Jessica (2014): Overview of data generation, processing and analysis using QIIME. figshare. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.902219
Understanding OTU picking
• De novo– Single study– Poor characterization of existing taxa– Good characterization of novel taxa
• Closed-reference– Combine studies– Good characterization of existing taxa– Poor characterization of novel taxa
• Open-reference (QIIME default)– Single study– Good characterization of existing taxa– Good characterization of novel taxa
In depth discussion here in Rideout et al 2014 (https://peerj.com/articles/545/)
Alpha and beta diversity
• Alpha is within a sample
– E.g., how many species are in a sample
• Beta is between samples
– E.g., how similar are two samples
• Lots of ways to calculate these
Rarefaction
A B
Alpha diversity = 3Total sequences = 4
Alpha diversity = 4Total sequences = 8
Rarefy to 4 sequences
Multiple Rarefaction
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Higher sequencing effort will probably result in higher observed diversity
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Multiple Rarefaction
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Higher sequencing effort will probably not add to observed diversity
The American Gut Consortium
The Knight Lab
Prof. Rob Knight
Prof. Greg Caporaso
Prof. Jack Gilbert
Prof. Tim Spector
Dr. Victoria Vazquez
Prof. Paul Wischmeyer
Dr. Antonio Gonzalez
Dr. Gail Ackermann
Yoshiki Vázquez-Baeza
Dr. Jess Metcalf
Dr. Katie Amato
[email protected]: @mcdonadtGithub: @wasadewww: http://wasade.github.io
Acknowledgements
Links and questions
[email protected]: @mcdonadtGithub: @wasadewww: http://wasade.github.io
Projects of interest:• Earth Microbiome Project (http://earthmicrobiome.org)• American Gut Project (http://americangut.org)• British Gut Project (http://britishgut.org)
Key labs:• Knight Lab (http://knightlab.colorado.edu)• Caporaso Lab (http://caporasolab.us)• Spector Lab (http://www.tim-spector.co.uk/)
Education:• Coursera’s Gut Check (https://www.coursera.org/course/microbiome)• Intro. to Appl. Bioinformatics (http://caporasolab.us/An-Introduction-To-Applied-Bioinformatics/)
Useful software projects:• Quantitative Insights into Microbial Ecology (http://qiime.org)• Qiita (http://qiita.colorado.edu)*• biocore (http://github.com/biocore)• scikit-bio (http://scikit-bio.org)• EMPeror (http://emperor.colorado.edu)
These Slides:
• http://www.slideshare.net/mcdonadt/american-gut-masaryk*Soon to be opened for the general public
Gevers et al. Cell Host and Microbe 2014 Mar 12;15(3)
Significant changes to protective taxa in ICU patients
Decreased in ICU patients