FAQ: Which microbiome community was used in the depletion experiments described, and which references were used to assess the performance of the NEBNext® rRNA Depletion Kit (Bacteria) with this sample?

The ATCC 20 Strain Even Mix Whole Cell Material (ATCC® MSA-2002™) was used in the depletion experiment. A composite reference genome was constructed from NCBI genomes to assess the performance of the kit. The composite reference is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3386404