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Application of Amplicon Pyrosequencing in Soil Microbial Ecology

토양미생물 생태 연구를 위한 증폭 파이로시퀀싱 기법의 응용

  • Ahn, Jae-Hyung (Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Kim, Byung-Yong (Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Kim, Dae-Hoon (Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Song, Jaekyeong (Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Weon, Hang-Yeon (Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration)
  • 안재형 (국립농업과학원 농업미생물과) ;
  • 김병용 (국립농업과학원 농업미생물과) ;
  • 김대훈 (국립농업과학원 농업미생물과) ;
  • 송재경 (국립농업과학원 농업미생물과) ;
  • 원항연 (국립농업과학원 농업미생물과)
  • Received : 2012.11.05
  • Accepted : 2012.11.23
  • Published : 2012.12.31
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Abstract

Soil microbial communities are immensely diverse and complex with respect to species richness and community size. These communities play essential roles in agricultural soil because they are responsible for most of the nutrient cycles in the soil and influence the plant diversity and productivity. However, the majority of these microbes remain uncharacterized because of poor culturability. Next-generation sequencing techniques have revolutionized many areas of biology by providing cheaper and faster alternatives to Sanger sequencing. Among them, amplicon pyrosequencing is a powerful tool developed by 454 Life Sciences for assessing the diversity of complex microbial communities by sequencing PCR products or amplicons. This review summarizes the current opinions in amplicon sequencing of soil microbial communities, and provides practical guidance and advice on sequence quality control, aligning, clustering, OTU- and taxon-based analysis. The last section of this article includes a few representative studies conducted using amplicon pyrosequencing.

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