In this study, the microbial community present in the MP samples mentioned in Section 2.4.1 was analysed using high-speed multiplexed 16S microbial sequencing on a MiSeq platform (Illumina).
The V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene was amplified using an F515/R806 primer combination (50-GTGCCAGCMGCCGCGG TAA-3; 50-GGAC TACHVGGGTWTCTAAT-30). Data were analysed
using the 16S Metagenomics App in the BaseSpace analysis environment.