Adapted Protocol for Saccharibacteria Cocultivation: Two New Members Join the Club of Candidate Phyla Radiation

Ahmad Ibrahim (1, 2) , Mohamad Maatouk (1, 2) , Andriamiharimamy Rajaonison (1, 2) , Rita Zgheib (3, 2) , Gabriel Haddad (1, 2) , Jacques Bou Khalil (1, 2) , Didier Raoult (1, 2) , Fadi Bittar (1, 2)

1 MEPHI - Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections
2 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection
3 VITROME - Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes

In this study, the first TaqMan real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) system has been developed. This technique can specifically quantify Saccharibacteria members in any sample of interest in order to investigate their prevalence.

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Ahmad Ibrahim, Mohamad Maatouk, Andriamiharimamy Rajaonison, Rita Zgheib, Gabriel Haddad, et al.. Adapted Protocol for Saccharibacteria Cocultivation: Two New Members Join the Club of Candidate Phyla Radiation. Microbiology Spectrum, 2021, 9 (3), ⟨10.1128/spectrum.01069-21⟩. ⟨hal-03636811⟩