PCR & qPCR Set-Up/Results - Alfalfa 16S/ITS

Prepare two ITS and two 16S PCR plates for the following template plates:

MasterMix (make for 16 plates in 50mL conical tube)

• Add 11 ul to each well of a hard shell, full skirt plate. Seal with bubble strips and store in refrigerator until needed label “ALF PCR”. (If doing manually, one needs 2 ul of template and 2 ul of the primers).

Run on Thermocycler Program GSAF36:

MagBead Cleanup:

Some plates were cleaned up using the Nimbus platform protocol “AxyPrep MagBead PCR1 No MM”

Manually, it was done:

• Equilibrate Beads to room Temperature

• Add 24 ul of MagBeads to each well and 15 ul of replicate to same well of replicate

• Pipette mix up and down 10 times.

• Incubate at RT for 5 minutes

• Secure plate on magnet plate; incubate at RT for 5 minutes (until wells are clear)

• Remove 65 ul from each well; keep tips to left or right depending on the column to avoid bead pellet.

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Reaspirate from each well to assure maximum EtOH removal

• Allow plate to air dry for 7 minutes.

• Remove sample plate from magnet plate.

• Add 40 ul TE; pipette mix 10+ times. Incubate 2 minutes at RT.

• Place sample plate back on magnet for 5 minutes or until all wells are cleared.

• Transfer 40 ul to labeled transparent plate (Plate name_PCR_MIDs)

 MasterMix (make for 16 plates in 50mL conical tube)

• Add 11 ul to each well of a hard shell, full skirt plate. Seal with bubble strips and store in refrigerator until needed label “ALF PCR”. (If doing manually, one needs 2 ul of template and 2 ul of the primers).

Run on Thermocycler Program GSAF36:

MagBead Cleanup:

Some plates were cleaned up using the Nimbus platform protocol “AxyPrep MagBead PCR1 No MM”

Manually, it was done:

• Equilibrate Beads to room Temperature

• Add 24 ul of MagBeads to each well and 15 ul of replicate to same well of replicate

• Pipette mix up and down 10 times.

• Incubate at RT for 5 minutes

• Secure plate on magnet plate; incubate at RT for 5 minutes (until wells are clear)

• Remove 65 ul from each well; keep tips to left or right depending on the column to avoid bead pellet.

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Reaspirate from each well to assure maximum EtOH removal

• Allow plate to air dry for 7 minutes.

• Remove sample plate from magnet plate.

• Add 40 ul TE; pipette mix 10+ times. Incubate 2 minutes at RT.

• Place sample plate back on magnet for 5 minutes or until all wells are cleared.

• Transfer 40 ul to labeled transparent plate (Plate name_PCR_MIDs)

qPCR ALF_END

• Make 1:1000 dilutions from the PCR plates by adding 1 ul to 999 ul TE in a deep well plate:

• Add 16 ul of Illumina Library Quantification MasterMix to each well:

• Add 4 ul of template, pool, or standards to each well:

Results:

Average results for the following plates:

ALF_END_PLT1_16S: 8.11 nanomoles

ALF_END_PLT1_ITS: 7.68 nanomoles

ALF_END_PLT2_16S: 7.4 nanomoles

ALF_END_PLT2_ITS: 9.16 nanomoles

ALF_END_PLT3_16S: 8.82 nanomoles

ALF_END_PLT3_ITS: 9.80 nanomoles

ALF_END_PLT4_16S: 8.52 nanomoles

ALF_END_PLT4_ITS: 8.21 nanomoles

ALF_END_PLT5_16S: 7.48 nanomoles

ALF_END_PLT5_ITS: 7.32 nanomoles

ALF_END_PLT6_16S: 6.89 nanomoles

ALF_END_PLT6_ITS: 8.22 nanomoles

ALF_END_PLT7_16S: 7.02 nanomoles

ALF_END_PLT7_ITS: 8.03 nanomoles

ALF_END_PLT8_16S: 7.21 nanomoles

ALF_END_PLT8_ITS: 8.71 nanomoles

The full result report can be viewed below:

MasterMix (make for 16 plates in 50mL conical tube)

• Add 11 ul to each well of a hard shell, full skirt plate. Seal with bubble strips and store in refrigerator until needed label “ALF PCR”. (If doing manually, one needs 2 ul of template and 2 ul of the primers).

Run on Thermocycler Program GSAF36:

MagBead Cleanup:

Some plates were cleaned up using the Nimbus platform protocol “AxyPrep MagBead PCR1 No MM”

Manually, it was done:

• Equilibrate Beads to room Temperature

• Add 24 ul of MagBeads to each well and 15 ul of replicate to same well of replicate

• Pipette mix up and down 10 times.

• Incubate at RT for 5 minutes

• Secure plate on magnet plate; incubate at RT for 5 minutes (until wells are clear)

• Remove 65 ul from each well; keep tips to left or right depending on the column to avoid bead pellet.

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Reaspirate from each well to assure maximum EtOH removal

• Allow plate to air dry for 7 minutes.

• Remove sample plate from magnet plate.

• Add 40 ul TE; pipette mix 10+ times. Incubate 2 minutes at RT.

• Place sample plate back on magnet for 5 minutes or until all wells are cleared.

• Transfer 40 ul to labeled transparent plate (Plate name_PCR_MIDs)

MasterMix (make for 16 plates in 50mL conical tube)

• Add 11 ul to each well of a hard shell, full skirt plate. Seal with bubble strips and store in refrigerator until needed label “ALF PCR”. (If doing manually, one needs 2 ul of template and 2 ul of the primers).

Run on Thermocycler Program GSAF36:

MagBead Cleanup:

Some plates were cleaned up using the Nimbus platform protocol “AxyPrep MagBead PCR1 No MM”

Manually, it was done:

• Equilibrate Beads to room Temperature

• Add 24 ul of MagBeads to each well and 15 ul of replicate to same well of replicate

• Pipette mix up and down 10 times.

• Incubate at RT for 5 minutes

• Secure plate on magnet plate; incubate at RT for 5 minutes (until wells are clear)

• Remove 65 ul from each well; keep tips to left or right depending on the column to avoid bead pellet.

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Reaspirate from each well to assure maximum EtOH removal

• Allow plate to air dry for 7 minutes.

• Remove sample plate from magnet plate.

• Add 40 ul TE; pipette mix 10+ times. Incubate 2 minutes at RT.

• Place sample plate back on magnet for 5 minutes or until all wells are cleared.

• Transfer 40 ul to labeled transparent plate (Plate name_PCR_MIDs)

qPCR ALF_EPI

• Make 1:1000 dilutions from the PCR plates by adding 1 ul to 999 ul TE in a deep well plate:

• Add 16 ul of Illumina Library Quantification MasterMix to each well:

• Add 4 ul of template, pool, or standards to each well:

Results:

Average results for the following plates:

ALF_EPI_PLT1_16S: 12.31 nanomoles

ALF_EPI_PLT1_ITS: 12.34 nanomoles

ALF_EPI_PLT2_16S: 2.79 nanomoles

ALF_EPI_PLT2_ITS: 11.35 nanomoles

ALF_EPI_PLT3_16S: 33.59 nanomoles

ALF_EPI_PLT3_ITS: 31.96 nanomoles

ALF_EPI_PLT4_16S: 4.40 nanomoles

ALF_EPI_PLT4_ITS: 10.99 nanomoles

ALF_EPI_PLT5_16S: 0.47 nanomoles

ALF_EPI_PLT5_ITS: 0.89 nanomoles

ALF_EPI_PLT6_16S: 2.23 nanomoles

ALF_EPI_PLT6_ITS: 4.86 nanomoles

ALF_EPI_PLT7_16S: 3.98 nanomoles

ALF_EPI_PLT7_ITS: 26.33 nanomoles

ALF_EPI_PLT8_16S: 28.78 nanomoles

ALF_EPI_PLT8_ITS: 35.00 nanomoles

The full result report can be viewed below:

MasterMix (make for 16 plates in 50mL conical tube)

• Add 11 ul to each well of a hard shell, full skirt plate. Seal with bubble strips and store in refrigerator until needed label “ALF PCR”. (If doing manually, one needs 2 ul of template and 2 ul of the primers).

Run on Thermocycler Program GSAF36:

MagBead Cleanup:

Some plates were cleaned up using the Nimbus platform protocol “AxyPrep MagBead PCR1 No MM”

Manually, it was done:

• Equilibrate Beads to room Temperature

• Add 24 ul of MagBeads to each well and 15 ul of replicate to same well of replicate

• Pipette mix up and down 10 times.

• Incubate at RT for 5 minutes

• Secure plate on magnet plate; incubate at RT for 5 minutes (until wells are clear)

• Remove 65 ul from each well; keep tips to left or right depending on the column to avoid bead pellet.

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Reaspirate from each well to assure maximum EtOH removal

• Allow plate to air dry for 7 minutes.

• Remove sample plate from magnet plate.

• Add 40 ul TE; pipette mix 10+ times. Incubate 2 minutes at RT.

• Place sample plate back on magnet for 5 minutes or until all wells are cleared.

• Transfer 40 ul to labeled transparent plate (Plate name_PCR_MIDs)

 MasterMix (make for 12 plates in 50mL conical tube)

• Add 11 ul to each well of a hard shell, full skirt plate. Seal with bubble strips and store in refrigerator until needed label “ALF PCR”. (If doing manually, one needs 2 ul of template and 2 ul of the primers).

Run on Thermocycler Program GSAF36:

MagBead Cleanup:

Some plates were cleaned up using the Nimbus platform protocol “AxyPrep MagBead PCR1 No MM”

Manually, it was done:

• Equilibrate Beads to room Temperature

• Add 24 ul of MagBeads to each well and 15 ul of replicate to same well of replicate

• Pipette mix up and down 10 times.

• Incubate at RT for 5 minutes

• Secure plate on magnet plate; incubate at RT for 5 minutes (until wells are clear)

• Remove 65 ul from each well; keep tips to left or right depending on the column to avoid bead pellet.

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Reaspirate from each well to assure maximum EtOH removal

• Allow plate to air dry for 7 minutes.

• Remove sample plate from magnet plate.

• Add 40 ul TE; pipette mix 10+ times. Incubate 2 minutes at RT.

• Place sample plate back on magnet for 5 minutes or until all wells are cleared.

• Transfer 40 ul to labeled transparent plate (Plate name_PCR_MIDs)

MasterMix (in 50mL conical tube)

• Add 11 ul to each well of a hard shell, full skirt plate. Seal with bubble strips and store in refrigerator until needed label “ALF PCR”. (If doing manually, one needs 2 ul of template and 2 ul of the primers).

Run on Thermocycler Program GSAF36:

MagBead Cleanup:

Some plates were cleaned up using the Nimbus platform protocol “AxyPrep MagBead PCR1 No MM”

Manually, it was done:

• Equilibrate Beads to room Temperature

• Add 24 ul of MagBeads to each well and 15 ul of replicate to same well of replicate

• Pipette mix up and down 10 times.

• Incubate at RT for 5 minutes

• Secure plate on magnet plate; incubate at RT for 5 minutes (until wells are clear)

• Remove 65 ul from each well; keep tips to left or right depending on the column to avoid bead pellet.

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Reaspirate from each well to assure maximum EtOH removal

• Allow plate to air dry for 7 minutes.

• Remove sample plate from magnet plate.

• Add 40 ul TE; pipette mix 10+ times. Incubate 2 minutes at RT.

• Place sample plate back on magnet for 5 minutes or until all wells are cleared.

• Transfer 40 ul to labeled transparent plate (Plate name_PCR_MIDs)

qPCR ALF_GBS

• Make 1:1000 dilutions from the PCR plates by adding 1 ul to 999 ul TE in a deep well plate:

• Add 16 ul of Illumina Library Quantification MasterMix to each well:

• Add 4 ul of template, pool, or standards to each well:

Results:

Average results for the following plates:

ALF_GBS_PLT1_16S:

ALF_GBS_PLT1_ITS:

ALF_GBS_PLT2_16S:

ALF_GBS_PLT2_ITS:

ALF_GBS_PLT3_16S:

ALF_GBS_PLT3_ITS:

ALF_GBS_PLT4_16S:

ALF_GBS_PLT4_ITS:

ALF_GBS_PLT5_16S:

ALF_GBS_PLT5 ITS:

ALF_GBS_PLT5_16S:

ALF_GBS_PLT5_ITS:

ALF_GBS_PLT6_16S:

ALF_GBS_PLT6_ITS:

ALF_GBS_PLT7_16S:

ALF_GBS_PLT7_ITS:

ALF_GBS_PLT8_16S:

ALF_GBS_PLT8_ITS:

ALF_GBS_PLT9_16S:

ALF_GBS_PLT9_ITS:

ALF_GBS_PLT10_16S:

ALF_GBS_PLT10_ITS:

ALF_GBS_PLT11_16S:

ALF_GBS_PLT11_ITS:

ALF_PLT9_2020_EPI_16S:

ALF_PLT9_2020_EPI_ITS:

ALF_PLT1_2020_SOIL_16S:

ALF_PLT1_2020_SOIL_ITS:

The full result report can be viewed below: