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Recovery of small plasmid sequences via Oxford Nanopore sequencing Open Access

Abstract

Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) sequencing platforms currently offer two approaches to whole-genome native-DNA library preparation: ligation and rapid. In this study, we compared these two approaches for bacterial whole-genome sequencing, with a specific aim of assessing their ability to recover small plasmid sequences. To do so, we sequenced DNA from seven plasmid-rich bacterial isolates in three different ways: ONT ligation, ONT rapid and Illumina. Using the Illumina read depths to approximate true plasmid abundance, we found that small plasmids (<20 kbp) were underrepresented in ONT ligation read sets (by a mean factor of ~4) but were not underrepresented in ONT rapid read sets. This effect correlated with plasmid size, with the smallest plasmids being the most underrepresented in ONT ligation read sets. We also found lower rates of chimaeric reads in the rapid read sets relative to ligation read sets. These results show that when small plasmid recovery is important, ONT rapid library preparations are preferable to ligation-based protocols.

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Keyword(s): long-read sequencing , Oxford Nanopore sequencing , Plasmids and whole-genome sequencing
Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Australian Government Research Training Program
    • Principle Award Recipient: RyanR Wick
  • Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation
    • Principle Award Recipient: KathrynE Holt
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Award OPP1175797)
    • Principle Award Recipient: KathrynE Holt
© 2021 The Authors
  • This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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