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. 2020 Nov 13;16:442. doi: 10.1186/s12917-020-02659-y

Table 5.

The time-temperature profile for metagenomic analysis of the 16S rRNA V3-V4 hypervariable region

NGS PCR profile
Step Temperature Time No. of cycles
initial denaturation 98 °C 30 s 1
denaturation 98 °C 10 s 3–15
annealing 65 °C 75 s
final extension 65 °C 5 min 1
final hold 4–10 °C

Abbreviations: 16S rRNA 16S ribosomal RNA, NGS Next generation sequencing, 16S V3-V4 Regions of interest-specific primer