Hi everybody,
I’m following the MiSeq SOP of mothur wiki to process my 16S rDNA amplicon dataset (V4-V6 region).
I would like to identify and exclude chimeras from my dataset based on de novo and reference detection with uchime algorithm.
1st I used the command
chimera.uchime(fasta=sampleid.trim.contigs.good.unique.good.filter.unique.precluster.fasta, count=sampleid.trim.contigs.good.unique.good.filter.unique.precluster.count_table, dereplicate=t)
. This seems to identify as far as I know the chimeric sequences based on de novo detection method.
2nd I add the reference option of the same command
chimera.uchime(fasta=nice15.trim.contigs.good.unique.good.filter.unique.precluster.fasta, reference=silva.v4.v5.v6.fasta, dereplicate=t)
that seems to identify the reference chimeric sequences.
I would like to identify chimeric sequences based on both methods, because I believe that this are a big source of error regarding amplicon-based studies.
Can mothur's team members help me on this, please. Thanks in advance, @renh@