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

Overlapping sequences

are the result of several pathogens in the sample and, in the case of bacteria, could not be resolved by the sequencing primers

SeqGN16 and SeqGP16.

We recommend using an online tool available from Pathogenomix called RipSeq which can, for a fee, identify up to three bacterial species from a sequence depending on the sequence quality.

​With the two sequencing primers, SeqGN16 and SeqGP16, up to six bacterial species can theoretically be identified from one sample.

RipSeq is only suitable for mixed bacterial sequences and cannot be used for yeasts and fungi: Pathogenomix RipSeq - Infection Intelligence

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