Nanopore adaptive sampling effectively enriches bacterial plasmids
mSystems,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
9(3)
Published: Feb. 20, 2024
ABSTRACT
Bacterial
plasmids
play
a
major
role
in
the
spread
of
antibiotic
resistance
genes.
However,
their
characterization
via
DNA
sequencing
suffers
from
low
abundance
plasmid
those
samples.
Although
sample
preparation
methods
can
enrich
proportion
before
sequencing,
these
are
expensive
and
laborious,
they
might
introduce
bias
by
enriching
only
for
specific
sequences.
Nanopore
adaptive
sampling
could
overcome
issues
rejecting
uninteresting
molecules
during
process.
In
this
study,
we
assess
application
enrichment
low-abundant
known
bacterial
isolates
using
two
different
tools.
We
show
that
significant
be
achieved
even
on
expired
flow
cells.
By
applying
sampling,
also
improve
quality
de
novo
assemblies
reduce
time.
our
experiments
highlight
with
if
target
non-target
sequences
span
similar
regions.
IMPORTANCE
Antimicrobial
causes
millions
deaths
every
year.
Mobile
genetic
elements
like
key
drivers
dissemination
antimicrobial
This
makes
an
important
tool
clinical
microbiologists.
Since
often
underrepresented
samples,
challenging
laborious.
To
accelerate
process,
evaluate
nanopore
as
silico
method
plasmids.
Our
results
potential
cost-efficient
future
research
but
indicate
arise
reference
Language: Английский
TKSM: highly modular, user-customizable, and scalable transcriptomic sequencing long-read simulator
Bioinformatics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
40(2)
Published: Jan. 25, 2024
Transcriptomic
long-read
(LR)
sequencing
is
an
increasingly
cost-effective
technology
for
probing
various
RNA
features.
Numerous
tools
have
been
developed
to
tackle
transcriptomic
tasks
(e.g.
isoform
and
gene
fusion
detection).
However,
the
lack
of
abundant
gold-standard
datasets
hinders
benchmarking
such
tools.
Therefore,
simulation
LR
important
practical
alternative.
While
existing
simulators
aim
imitate
machine
noise
target
specific
library
protocols,
they
some
preparation
steps
PCR)
are
difficult
modify
new
changing
techniques
single-cell
LRs).
Language: Английский
TargetCall: eliminating the wasted computation in basecalling via pre-basecalling filtering
Frontiers in Genetics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15
Published: Oct. 28, 2024
Basecalling
is
an
essential
step
in
nanopore
sequencing
analysis
where
the
raw
signals
of
sequencers
are
converted
into
nucleotide
sequences,
that
is,
reads.
State-of-the-art
basecallers
use
complex
deep
learning
models
to
achieve
high
basecalling
accuracy.
This
makes
computationally
inefficient
and
memory-hungry,
bottlenecking
entire
genome
pipeline.
However,
for
many
applications,
most
reads
do
not
match
reference
interest
(i.e.,
target
reference)
thus
discarded
later
steps
genomics
pipeline,
wasting
computation.
To
overcome
this
issue,
we
propose
TargetCall,
first
pre-basecalling
filter
eliminate
wasted
computation
basecalling.
TargetCall’s
key
idea
discard
will
off-target
reads)
prior
TargetCall
consists
two
main
components:
(1)
LightCall,
a
lightweight
neural
network
basecaller
produces
noisy
reads,
(2)
Similarity
Check,
which
labels
each
these
as
on-target
or
by
matching
them
reference.
Our
thorough
experimental
evaluations
show
1)
improves
end-to-end
runtime
performance
state-of-the-art
3.31×
while
maintaining
id="m2">(98.88%)
recall
keeping
2)
maintains
accuracy
downstream
analysis,
3)
achieves
better
performance,
throughput,
recall,
precision,
generality
than
works.
available
at
https://github.com/CMU-SAFARI/TargetCall
.
Language: Английский
SimReadUntil for benchmarking selective sequencing algorithms on ONT devices
Bioinformatics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
40(5)
Published: April 11, 2024
Abstract
Motivation
The
Oxford
Nanopore
Technologies
(ONT)
ReadUntil
API
enables
selective
sequencing,
which
aims
to
selectively
favor
interesting
over
uninteresting
reads,
e.g.
deplete
or
enrich
certain
genomic
regions.
performance
gain
depends
on
the
sequencing
decision-making
algorithm
(SSDA)
decides
whether
reject
a
read,
stop
receiving
wait
for
more
data.
Since
real
runs
are
time-consuming
and
costly,
simulating
ONT
sequencer
with
support
is
highly
beneficial
comparing
optimizing
new
SSDAs.
Existing
software
like
MinKNOW
UNCALLED
only
return
raw
signal
data,
memory-intensive,
require
huge
often
unavailable
multi-fast5
files
(≥100GB)
not
clearly
documented.
Results
We
present
device
simulator
SimReadUntil
that
takes
set
of
full
reads
as
input,
distributes
them
channels
plays
back
in
time
including
mux
scans,
channel
gaps
blockages,
allows
well
data
from
them.
Our
modified
provides
basecalled
rather
than
signal,
reducing
computational
load
focusing
SSDA
basecalling.
Tuning
parameters
tools
ReadFish
ReadBouncer
becomes
easier
because
GPU
basecalling
no
longer
required.
offer
various
methods
extract
simulation
summary
file
adapt
replicate
one
their
enrichment
experiments.
SimReadUntil’s
gRPC
interface
standardized
interaction
wide
range
programming
languages.
Availability
implementation
Code
fully
worked
examples
available
GitHub
(https://github.com/ratschlab/sim_read_until).
Language: Английский
Comparison of direct RNA sequencing of Orthoavulavirus javaense using two different chemistries on the MinION platform
Journal of Virological Methods,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 115103 - 115103
Published: Dec. 1, 2024
Rapidly
identifying
and
sequencing
viral
pathogens
in
poultry
flocks
can
substantially
reduce
economic
loss
especially
during
disease
outbreaks.
Current
next
generation
technologies
require
multi-step
laboratory-intensive
workflows
to
generate
sequence
data
which
precludes
field
adaptation.
In
this
study,
we
hypothesized
that
direct
RNA
(DRS)
using
an
Oxford
Nanopore
Technology
(ONT)
MinION
device
would
enable
of
the
full-length
genome
Orthoavulavirus
javaense
(OAVJ),
causative
Newcastle
disease,
a
major
challenge.
The
demonstrate
custom
OAVJ-specific
adapter
paired
with
ONT
DRS
kits
enables
capture
OAVJ
RNAs.
Further,
new
SQK-RNA004
chemistry
flow
cells,
associated
super
accurate
base
calling
workflow
improves
on
read
quality
length
compared
previous
SQK-RNA002
chemistry.
This
is
first
report
method
near
member
Paramyxoviridae
family.
While
additional
improvements
are
needed
before
widespread
adaptation
for
rapid
sequencing,
has
potential
further
studies
into
epitranscriptome
its
role
infection
pathogenesis.
Language: Английский