A new publication from our colleagues at Versailles Central Hospital, France is now available. The article evaluates an alternative next-generation sequencing process for the identification of 16S Bacteria.  The article includes details about the effectiveness of SmartGene's Centroid-based analysis for Bacteria 16S sequencing and the use of SmartGene as a validation method.  SmartGene offers automated analysis and identification tools for both next generation and dideoxynucleotide sequencing for targets including Bacteria and Fungi.

ABSTRACT:  … The aim of this study was to establish an alternative next-generation sequencing technique to replace Sanger sequencing … The raw files (Fastq) were analyzed on a commercial Smartgene platform for comparison with Kraken 2 and KrakenUniq results. ...  The SmartGene application was used as a validation method. The SmartGene Bacteria 16S Microbiome App is a commercial CE-IVD-labeled automated cloud application service that can handle base-called sequencing files generated by different sequencing technologies. ...”

The article is also referenced in our Scientific Publications section here.