Marine Science Faculty Publications
Laboratory Procedures to Generate Viral Metagenomes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2009.10
Abstract
This collection of laboratory protocols describes the steps to collect viruses from various samples with the specific aim of generating viral metagenome sequence libraries (viromes). Viral metagenomics, the study of uncultured viral nucleic acid sequences from different biomes, relies on several concentration, purification, extraction, sequencing and heuristic bioinformatic methods. No single technique can provide an all-inclusive approach, and therefore the protocols presented here will be discussed in terms of hypothetical projects. However, care must be taken to individualize each step depending on the source and type of viral-particles. This protocol is a description of the processes we have successfully used to: (i) concentrate viral particles from various types of samples, (ii) eliminate contaminating cells and free nucleic acids and (iii) extract, amplify and purify viral nucleic acids. Overall, a sample can be processed to isolate viral nucleic acids suitable for high-throughput sequencing in ∼1 week.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Nature Protocols, v. 4, p. 470-483
Scholar Commons Citation
Thurber, Rebecca; Haynes, Matthew; Breitbart, Mya; Wegley, Linda; and Rohwer, Forest, "Laboratory Procedures to Generate Viral Metagenomes" (2009). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 766.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/766
