Ribo-Zero™ rRNA Removal Kits Species Compatibility

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Ribo-Zero™ rRNA Removal Kit (Human/Mouse/Rat)

Species Ribo-Zero Kit (Human/Mouse/Rat) Compatibility
Bee (Apis mellifera) Use highest quality RNA possible.
Dog Efficient removal of rRNAs.
Ferret (Mustela putorius) Efficient removal of rRNAs.
Frog (Xenopus) Use highest quality RNA possible.
Fruit fly (Drosophila) Will not remove 5S rRNA or 'right' fragment of 28S rRNA.
Fungus (Aspergillus niger) 300 nt region of 18S rRNA will not be removed from a degraded sample. Use highest quality RNA possible.
Human >99% removal of 28S, 18S, 5.8S and 5S rRNAs
Lamprey Use highest quality RNA possible.
Mammalian (other) ie cow, pig Not tested but expected to perform well.
Mosquito Not recommended. Poor removal of 28S and 5S rRNAs.
Monkey (Macaque; Cynomolgus macaques) Efficient removal of rRNAs.
Monkey (African green; Chlorocebus sabaeus) Efficient removal of rRNAs.
Mouse >99% removal of 28S, 18S, 5.8S and 5S rRNAs.
Nematode (C. elegans) Use highest quality RNA possible.
Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) Expected to remove 18S and 28S rRNA. May not remove 5.8S or 5S rRNAs. Use highest quality RNA possible.
Protozoa (Plasmodium falciparum) Removes 28S and 18S rRNA. Will not remove 5.8S or 5S rRNAs.
Rat >99% removal of 28S, 18S, 5.8S and 5S rRNAs.
Shrimp Not recommended.
Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) Removes 26S, 18S, 5.8S rRNAs from intact sample. Will not remove 5S rRNA. Use highest quality RNA possible.
Yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe) Expected to remove all rRNA species from intact RNA sample.
Sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis) Use highest quality RNA possible.
Sponge, marine (Crambe crambe) Efficient removal of 28S and 18S rRNAs.
Zebra fish Efficient removal of 28S, 18S, and 5S rRNAs. 5.8S rRNA removal has not been tested.

 Ribo-Zero™ rRNA Removal Kit (Bacteria)

Species Ribo-Zero Kit (Bacteria) Compatibility
Acanthamoeba Efficiently removes 23S, 16S.
Acinetobacter baumanii Efficiently remove 23S, 16S, 5S rRNAs.
Amoebophilus asiaticus Efficiently removes 23S, 16S.
Azotobacter vinelandii Expected to efficiently remove 23S, 16S, 5S rRNAs.
Bacillus subtilis Removes >99% of 23S, 16S and 5S rRNAs.
Burkholderia pseudmoallei Expected to efficiently remove 23S, 16S, 5S rRNAs.
Campylobacter jejuni Efficiently removes 23S and 16S rRNAs from intact RNA. Will not remove 5S rRNA.
Chromohalobacter Expected to efficiently remove 23S, 16S, 5S rRNAs.
Clostridium difficile Expected to efficiently remove 23S, 16S, 5S rRNAs.
Cyanobacteria Efficiently removes 23S, 16S and 5S rRNAs.
Deinococcus radiodurans Use highest quality RNA possible.
E. coli >99.9% removal of 23S, 16S and 5S rRNAs.
Francisella Expected to efficiently remove 23S, 16S, 5S rRNAs.
Geobacter metallireducens Expected to work well. May not remove 5S rRNA. Use highest quality RNA possible.
Lactobacillus plantarum >99% removal of 23S, 16S and 5S rRNAs.
Mesotoga Expected to work well. Use highest quality RNA possible.
Methanobacterium Expected to work well. May not remove 5S rRNA. Use highest quality RNA possible.
Methanococcus maripaludis Removes 23S and 16S rRNAs from intact RNA. Will not remove 5S rRNA. Use highest quality RNA possible.
Methanoseata concilii Removes 23S and 16S rRNAs from intact RNA. Will not remove 5S rRNA. Use highest quality RNA possible.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Efficiently removes 23S, 16S and 5S rRNAs.
Mycoplasma gallisepticum Removes 23S and 16S rRNAs. Will not remove 5S rRNA.
Photorhabdus Efficiently removes 23S, 16S and 5S rRNAs.
Porphyromonas gingivalis Efficiently removes 23S, 16S rRNAs. Will not remove 5S rRNA.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Psudomonas putida 		Efficiently removes 23S, 16S and 5S rRNAs.
Salmonella typhimurium Efficiently removes 16S and 5S rRNAs. Does not remove a 107 nt region of the fragmented 23S rRNA.
Sodalis glossinidius  Efficiently removes 23S, 16S and 5S rRNAs.
Staphylococcus aureus Removes 23S, 16S and 5S rRNAs.
Streptococcus Expected to efficiently remove 23S, 16S, 5S rRNAs.
Sulfolobus acidocaldaris
Sulfolobus islandicus 		Expected to work well. Use highest quality RNA possible.
Synechococcus Removes 23S and 16S rRNAs from intact RNA. Will not remove 5S rRNA. Use highest quality RNA possible.

Ribo-Zero™ rRNA Removal Kit (Plant Leaf)
Ribo-Zero™ rRNA Removal Kit (Plant Seed/Root)

Species Ribo-Zero Kit (Plant Leaf & Plant Seed/Root) compatibility
Algae, green (Chlamydomonas) Use highest quality RNA possible.
Arabidopsis Efficiently removes cytoplasmic and chloroplast rRNAs.
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) Efficiently removes cytoplasmic and chloroplast rRNAs.
Maize Efficiently removes cytoplasmic and chloroplast rRNAs.
Mirror bush (Coprosma repens) Efficiently removes cytoplasmic and chloroplast rRNAs.
Moss (Physcomitrella) Efficiently removes cytoplasmic and chloroplast rRNAs.
Rice Efficiently removes cytoplasmic and chloroplast rRNAs.
Soybean Efficiently removes cytoplasmic and chloroplast rRNAs.
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Efficiently removes cytoplasmic and chloroplast rRNAs.
Vietnamese coriander (Persicaria odorata) Efficiently removes cytoplasmic and chloroplast rRNAs.
Water clover (Marsilea vistita) Expected to work well.