Characterising the canine oral microbiome by direct sequencing of reverse-transcribed rRNA molecules



McDonald, JE, Larsen, N, Pennington, A, Connolly, J, Wallis, C, Rooks, DJ, Hall, N, McCarthy, AJ and Allison, HE ORCID: 0000-0003-0017-7992
(2016) Characterising the canine oral microbiome by direct sequencing of reverse-transcribed rRNA molecules. PLoS ONE, 11 (6). e0157046-.

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Abstract

PCR amplification and sequencing of phylogenetic markers, primarily Small Sub-Unit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) genes, has been the paradigm for defining the taxonomic composition of microbiomes. However, ‘universal’ SSU rRNA gene PCR primer sets are likely to miss much of the diversity therein. We sequenced a library comprising purified and reverse-transcribed SSU rRNA (RT-SSU rRNA) molecules from the canine oral microbiome and compared it to a general bacterial 16S rRNA gene PCR amplicon library generated from the same biological sample. In addition, we have developed BIONmeta, a novel, open-source, computer package for the processing and taxonomic classification of the randomly fragmented RT-SSU rRNA reads produced. Direct RT-SSU rRNA sequencing revealed that 16S rRNA molecules belonging to the bacterial phyla Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria and Spirochaetes, were most abundant in the canine oral microbiome (92.5% of total bacterial SSU rRNA). The direct rRNA sequencing approach detected greater taxonomic diversity (1 additional phylum, 2 classes, 1 order, 10 families and 61 genera) when compared with general bacterial 16S rRNA amplicons from the same sample, simultaneously provided SSU rRNA gene inventories of Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya, and detected significant numbers of sequences not recognised by ‘universal’ primer sets. Proteobacteria and Spirochaetes were found to be under-represented by PCR-based analysis of the microbiome, and this was due to primer mismatches and taxon-specific variations in amplification efficiency, validated by qPCR analysis of 16S rRNA amplicons from a mock community. This demonstrated the veracity of direct RT-SSU rRNA sequencing for molecular microbial ecology.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Mouth, Animals, Dogs, Bacteria, RNA, Bacterial, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Microbiota
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 09 Jun 2016 09:26
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 07:35
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157046
Open Access URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157046
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3001627