Journal: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Article Title: UMI-guided single locus sequence typing method for phylotyping Cutibacterium acnes from skin samples
doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1807759
Figure Lengend Snippet: Performance of the SLST assay on spike-in mixtures of C. acnes DNA with increasing background DNA. (A) Total number of full-length SLST sequences reconstructed from spike-in mixtures containing decreasing proportions of C. acnes genomic DNA (SpikeMix-50, -10, -5, and -0.5) supplemented with E. coli DNA. Bars represent mean counts across replicates (± SD), and dots indicate individual replicates. (B) Relative abundances of SLST types recovered from the same spike-in mixtures, shown alongside the theoretical composition (Expected, left). Stacked bars illustrate the five targeted SLST types (A1, G1, H2, K2, L1), with residual reads grouped as “Others (< 1%)” and “Unassigned.” All SpikeMix samples were processed without pre-amplification, using 2 µL of purified DNA at 0.125 ng/µL (total input 0.25 ng) directly into the molecular barcoding step, yielding absolute C. acnes DNA inputs of 125 pg (SpikeMix-50), 25 pg (SpikeMix-10), 12.5 pg (SpikeMix-5), and 1.25 pg (SpikeMix-0.5).
Article Snippet: This community was supplemented with Escherichia coli genomic DNA (ATCC 8739D-5) to progressively reduce the fraction of C. acnes DNA.
Techniques: Amplification, Purification