Pan Bacteria 1 and Pan Bacteria 3 are designed to detect the broadest possible collection of bacteria involved in human biology. We began by designing assays against evolutionarily conserved regions of the 16S rRNA gene. Bioinformatically these two assays are predicted to test positive for thousands of species, based off of perfect matches and near-perfect matches of the primers and probes with the target sequences. In order to confirm this on the bench, we assayed genomic DNA from 119 species. In the case of both assays, nearly all of the species showed amplification. Positive tests were recorded for species within these 7 phyla: Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Euryarchaeota, Firmicutes, Fusobacteria, Proteobacteria, and Tenericutes. Additionally, Pan Bacteria 3 detected species within the phylum Spirochaetes.
For a finer breakdown of what our bench testing covered:
Pan Bacteria 1
Phylum
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Class
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Order
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Family
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Actinobacteria
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Actinobacteria
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Actinomycetales
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Alcaligenaceae
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Bacteroidetes
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Alphaproteobacteria
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Bacillales
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Bacillaceae
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Euryarchaeota
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Bacilli
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Bacteroidales
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Bacteroidaceae
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Firmicutes
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Bacteroidia
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Bifidobacteriales
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Bartonellaceae
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Fusobacteria
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Betaproteobacteria
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Burkholderiales
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Bifidobacteriaceae
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Proteobacteria
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Clostridia
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Campylobacterales
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Brucellaceae
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Tenericutes
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Deltaproteobacteria
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Caulobacterales
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Burkholderiaceae
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Epsilonproteobacteria
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Clostridiales
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Campylobacteraceae
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Flavobacteria
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Coriobacteriales
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Caulobacteraceae
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Fusobacteriia
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Desulfovibrionales
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Clostridiaceae
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Gammaproteobacteria
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Enterobacteriales
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Coriobacteriaceae
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Methanobacteria
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Flavobacteriales
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Corynebacteriaceae
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Mollicutes
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Fusobacteriales
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Desulfovibrionaceae
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Lactobacillales
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Enterobacteriaceae
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Legionellales
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Enterococcaceae
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Methanobacteriales
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Flavobacteriaceae
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Mycoplasmatales
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Fusobacteriaceae
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Neisseriales
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Helicobacteraceae
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Pasteurellales
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Lactobacillaceae
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Pseudomonadales
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Legionellaceae
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|
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Rhizobiales
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Listeriaceae
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|
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Vibrionales
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Methanobacteriaceae
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Xanthomonadales
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Micrococcaceae
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Moraxellaceae
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Mycobacteriaceae
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Neisseriaceae
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Pasteurellaceae
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Peptostreptococcaceae
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Porphyromonadaceae
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Prevotellaceae
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Pseudomonadaceae
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Staphylococcaceae
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Streptococcaceae
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Veillonellaceae
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Vibrionaceae
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Xanthomonadaceae
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Pan Bacteria 3
Phylum
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Class
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Order
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Family
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Actinobacteria
|
Actinobacteria
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Actinomycetales
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Alcaligenaceae
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Bacteroidetes
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Alphaproteobacteria
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Bacillales
|
Bacillaceae
|
Euryarchaeota
|
Bacilli
|
Bacteroidales
|
Bacteroidaceae
|
Firmicutes
|
Bacteroidia
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Bifidobacteriales
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Bartonellaceae
|
Fusobacteria
|
Betaproteobacteria
|
Burkholderiales
|
Bifidobacteriaceae
|
Proteobacteria
|
Clostridia
|
Campylobacterales
|
Brucellaceae
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Spirochaetes
|
Deltaproteobacteria
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Caulobacterales
|
Burkholderiaceae
|
Tenericutes
|
Epsilonproteobacteria
|
Clostridiales
|
Campylobacteraceae
|
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Flavobacteria
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Coriobacteriales
|
Caulobacteraceae
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Fusobacteriia
|
Desulfovibrionales
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Clostridiaceae
|
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Gammaproteobacteria
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Enterobacteriales
|
Clostridiales
|
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Methanobacteria
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Flavobacteriales
|
Coriobacteriaceae
|
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Mollicutes
|
Fusobacteriales
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Corynebacteriaceae
|
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Spirochaetes
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Lactobacillales
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Desulfovibrionaceae
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|
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Legionellales
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Enterobacteriaceae
|
|
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Methanobacteriales
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Enterococcaceae
|
|
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Mycoplasmatales
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Flavobacteriaceae
|
|
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Neisseriales
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Fusobacteriaceae
|
|
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Pasteurellales
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Helicobacteraceae
|
|
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Pseudomonadales
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Lactobacillaceae
|
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Rhizobiales
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Legionellaceae
|
|
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Spirochaetales
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Listeriaceae
|
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Vibrionales
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Methanobacteriaceae
|
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Xanthomonadales
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Micrococcaceae
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Moraxellaceae
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Mycobacteriaceae
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Neisseriaceae
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Pasteurellaceae
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Peptostreptococcaceae
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Porphyromonadaceae
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Prevotellaceae
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Pseudomonadaceae
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Spirochaetaceae
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Staphylococcaceae
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Streptococcaceae
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Veillonellaceae
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Vibrionaceae
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Xanthomonadaceae
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