Team:Dalhousie/Experiments

Experiments

High-Throughput Sequencing

Purpose of this protocol is to assess the enzymatic activity of glycosidases using fluorophores conjugated to substrates of interest (such as cellobiose or xylobiose). Once the enzyme of interest cleaves substrate, the fluorophore is released enabling quantification of enzymatic activity.

Concentration protocol to concentrate DNA isolating using the PowerFecal Extraction kit.

Illumina MiSeq Sequencing was used to identify the sequences of the 16S rRNA genes in the fecal samples. This step was undertaking by the Integrated Microbiome Resource at Dal. There protocol was provided to us.

This protocol was used for analyzing the 16S Illumina Sequencing data from the illumina sequencer. Provided by the Integrated Microbiome Resource at Dalhousie University.

This protocol was used for analyzing the 16S Illumina Sequencing data from the illumina sequencer. Provided by the Integrated Microbiome Resource at Dalhousie University.

This protocol was used for analyzing the 16S Illumina Sequencing data from the illumina sequencer. Provided by the Integrated Microbiome Resource at Dalhousie University.

To extract environmental DNA from fecal samples. This extraction will purify genomic DNA from prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells found in the fecal sample.

Concentration protocol to concentrate DNA isolating using the PowerFecal Extraction kit.

Illumina MiSeq Sequencing was used to identify the sequences of the 16S rRNA genes in the fecal samples. This step was undertaking by the Integrated Microbiome Resource at Dal. There protocol was provided to us.

This protocol was used by the Integrated Microbiome Resource to sequence the metagenomic DNA in our fecal samples from the porcupine, beaver, arctic wolf and coyote.

This protocol was used for analyzing the 16S Illumina Sequencing data from the illumina sequencer. Provided by the Integrated Microbiome Resource at Dalhousie University.

This protocol was used for analyzing the 16S Illumina Sequencing data from the illumina sequencer. Provided by the Integrated Microbiome Resource at Dalhousie University.