Micro B3/OSD is teaming up with Pacific Biosciences

Submitted by anna on Mon, 2014-01-13 07:58

We are happy to announce that Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) is now supporting Micro B3 and the Ocean Sampling Day (OSD). PacBio will contribute to the project by sequencing full-length 16S/18S rRNA gene amplicons and metagenomes from selected OSD sampling sites. This will not only allow us to compare the results with Illumina® sequencing but also give us the opportunity to demonstrate the advantages of the unique single molecule, real-time (SMRT®) technology of PacBio for marine environmental research and ocean-derived biotechnologies. 

SMRT Sequencing offers abundant benefits, especially the highest consensus accuracy and longest read lengths compared to any currently available sequencing technology. These unique capabilities make the PacBio® RS II a very attractive platform for marine environmental research where the interpretation of massive amounts of 16S/18S rRNA gene sequences and metagenomes are often limited by read length. 
We are really grateful for the support of Pacific Biosciences and looking forward to a fruitful collaboration. 
More information about Pacific Biosciences and SMRT Sequencing is available at: www.pacb.com and http://blog.pacificbiosciences.com/. Specific information for the microbial research community is available at: www.pacb.com/microbe.