Title |
Hybrid selection for sequencing pathogen genomes from clinical samples
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Published in |
Genome Biology, August 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/gb-2011-12-8-r73 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Alexandre Melnikov, Kevin Galinsky, Peter Rogov, Timothy Fennell, Daria Van Tyne, Carsten Russ, Rachel Daniels, Kayla G Barnes, James Bochicchio, Daouda Ndiaye, Papa D Sene, Dyann F Wirth, Chad Nusbaum, Sarah K Volkman, Bruce W Birren, Andreas Gnirke, Daniel E Neafsey |
Abstract |
We have adapted a solution hybrid selection protocol to enrich pathogen DNA in clinical samples dominated by human genetic material. Using mock mixtures of human and Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite DNA as well as clinical samples from infected patients, we demonstrate an average of approximately 40-fold enrichment of parasite DNA after hybrid selection. This approach will enable efficient genome sequencing of pathogens from clinical samples, as well as sequencing of endosymbiotic organisms such as Wolbachia that live inside diverse metazoan phyla. |
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