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Chapters
- 00:04Title
- 00:44Tick Surface Sterilization, DNA Purification, and 16S rRNA Gene Amplification
- 02:3016S Amplicon Purification
- 03:59Sample Barcoding and Purification
- 04:58Library Quantification and Normalization
- 06:01Results: Community Ecology of the Ixodes Microbiome
- 06:43Conclusion
Here we present a next-generation sequencing protocol for 16S rRNA sequencing which enables identification and characterization of microbial communities within vectors. This method involves DNA extraction, amplification and barcoding of samples through PCR, sequencing on a flow-cell, and bioinformatics to match sequence data to phylogenetic information.
