Pathogens identification in mixed infection

Can pathogens be identified in mixed infections? What to do with overlapping sequences?

Polymicrobial infection
  1. Yes, for a fee, there is an online tool available from Pathogenomix called RipSeq® which can identify up to three bacterial species from a sequence depending on the sequence quality.
  2. With the two sequencing primers, SeqGN16 and SeqGP16, up to six bacterial species can theoretically be identified from one sample.
  3. RipSeq® is only suitable for mixed bacterial sequences and cannot be used for yeasts and fungi.