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. 2017 Jun 5;7:2774. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03139-4

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Two-step generation of 16S amplicons for PacBio sequencing using M13-tagged barcoded primers. The first round of PCR amplifies full-length 16S rRNA fragments using gene-specific primers tailed with universal M13 forward or reverse sequence. In the second step, a unique combination of barcode sequences is added to 16S amplicons from each sample using M13 forward and reverse primers tagged with 16-base PacBio barcodes at their 5′ ends. Barcoded amplicons are subsequently pooled for SMRTbell library construction and multiplexed sequencing.