Comparison of DNA extraction methods for human gut microbial community profiling

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Citation
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DOI Digital object identifier for electronic documents.
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Authors
Lim MY, Song EJ, Kim SH, Lee J, Nam YD
Journal
Systematic and applied microbiology
Year
2018
Keywords:
16S rRNA gene sequencing, Bead beating, DNA extraction, Gut microbiota, Human fecal sample
The human gut harbors a vast range of microbes that have significant impact on health and disease. Therefore, gut microbiome profiling holds promise for use in early diagnosis and precision medicine development. Accurate profiling of the highly complex gut microbiome requires DNA extraction methods that provide sufficient coverage of the original community as well as adequate quality and quantity. We tested nine different DNA extraction methods using three commercial kits (TianLong Stool DNA/RNA Extraction Kit (TS), QIAamp DNA Stool Mini Kit (QS), and QIAamp PowerFecal DNA Kit (QP)) with or without additional bead-beating step using manual or automated methods and compared them in terms of DNA extraction ability from human fecal sample. All methods produced DNA in sufficient concentration and quality for use in sequencing, and the samples were clustered according to the DNA extraction method. Inclusion of bead-beating step especially resulted in higher degrees of microbial diversity and had the greatest effect on gut microbiome composition. Among the samples subjected to bead-beating method, TS kit samples were more similar to QP kit samples than QS kit samples. Our results emphasize the importance of mechanical disruption step for a more comprehensive profiling of the human gut microbiome.

Experiment 1


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Subjects

Location of subjects
Republic of Korea
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Homo sapiens
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Feces Cow dung,Cow pat,Droppings,Dung,Excrement,Excreta,Faeces,Fecal material,Fecal matter,Fewmet,Frass,Guano,Matières fécales@fr,Merde@fr,Ordure,Partie de la merde@fr,Piece of shit,Porción de mierda@es,Portion of dung,Portion of excrement,Portion of faeces,Portion of fecal material,Portion of fecal matter,Portion of feces,Portion of guano,Portion of scat,Portionem cacas,Scat,Spoor,Spraint,Stool,Teil der fäkalien@de,Feces,feces
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Nucleic acid extraction protocol Nucleic acid extraction protocol,nucleic acid extraction protocol
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
No bead-beating method for TS kit
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Bead-beating method for TS kit
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Bead beating facilitates DNA recovery by lysing both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
1
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
1

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V3-V4
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
relative abundances
Statistical test
LEfSe
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
No
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2.0

Alpha Diversity

Richness Number of species
unchanged

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Source: Supplementary Fig. S7a

Description: Differential microbial abundance between the no-bead-beating and bead-beating groups for the TS kit, as determined by LEfSe analysis.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Bead-beating method for TS kit

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Bifidobacteriaceae
Bifidobacteriales
Bifidobacterium
Blautia
Collinsella
Coprococcus
Coriobacteriaceae
Coriobacteriales
Dorea
Eubacteriales
Lachnospiraceae
Lactobacillaceae
Lactobacillales
Lactobacillus
Roseburia
Ruminococcus
Streptococcaceae
Streptococcus

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Source: Supplementary Fig. S7a

Description: Differential microbial abundance between the no-bead-beating and bead-beating groups for the TS kit, as determined by LEfSe analysis.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Bead-beating method for TS kit

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Bacteroides
Bacteroidaceae
Parabacteroides
Porphyromonadaceae
Prevotella
Prevotellaceae
Bacteroidales
Faecalibacterium
Oscillospira
Holdemania
Erysipelotrichaceae
Erysipelotrichales
Sutterella
Alcaligenaceae
Burkholderiales

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Experiment 2


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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
No bead-beating method for QS kit
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Bead-beating method for QS kit

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Richness Number of species
unchanged

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Source: Supplementary Fig. S7b

Description: Differential microbial abundance between the no-bead-beating and bead-beating groups for the QS kit, as determined by LEfSe analysis.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Bead-beating method for QS kit

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Acidaminococcus
Anaerostipes
Bifidobacteriaceae
Bifidobacteriales
Bifidobacterium
Blautia
Collinsella
Coprococcus
Coriobacteriaceae
Coriobacteriales
Dorea
Eubacteriales
Lachnospira
Lachnospiraceae
Lactobacillaceae
Lactobacillales
Lactobacillus
Megamonas
Peptococcaceae
Ruminococcus
Streptococcaceae
Streptococcus
Veillonellaceae
rc4_4rc4_4

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Source: Supplementary Fig. S7b

Description: Differential microbial abundance between the no-bead-beating and bead-beating groups for the QS kit, as determined by LEfSe analysis.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Bead-beating method for QS kit

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Bacteroides
Bacteroidaceae
Parabacteroides
Porphyromonadaceae
Prevotella
Prevotellaceae
Bacteroidales
Oscillospira
Phascolarctobacterium
Sutterella
Alcaligenaceae
Burkholderiales
Bilophila
Desulfovibrionaceae
Desulfovibrionales
Akkermansia
Verrucomicrobiaceae
Verrucomicrobiales

Revision editor(s): Ameenatoloko