DNA metabarcoding
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Recent papers in DNA metabarcoding
Genetic and morphological identification of dragonflies' larvae species in three high‐elevation Andean tropical lakes was done using DNA barcoding of the cytochrome oxidase 1 gene (COI). Phylogeny allowed inferring the evolutionary... more
Understanding which flowers honey bees (Apis mellifera) use for forage can help us to provide suitable plants for healthy honey bee colonies. Accordingly, honey DNA metabarcoding provides a valuable tool for investigating pollen and... more
Background: Ticks are obligate haematophagous ectoparasites of vertebrate hosts and transmit the widest range of pathogenic organisms of any arthropod vector. Seven tick species are known to feed on bare-nosed wombats (Vom-batus ursinus),... more
Background: Environmental DNA and metabarcoding allow the identification of a mixture of species and launch a new era in bio-and eco-assessment. Many steps are required to obtain taxonomically assigned matrices from raw data. For most of... more
Diatoms are important organisms in freshwater ecosystems due to their position as primary producers and therefore, analyzing their assemblages provides relevant information on ecosystem functioning. Diatoms have historically been... more
DNA-metabarcoding of the fungal communities in environmental samples has greatly enhanced our knowledge of fungal diversity. However, linking taxonomic information to fungal traits is often challenging because of the immense species... more
Cephalopods are primarily active predators throughout life. Flying squids (family Ommastrephidae) represents the most widely distributed and ecologically important family of cephalopods. While the diets of adult flying squids have been... more
Background: Microsporidia is a large group of eukaryotic obligate intracellular spore-forming parasites, of which 17 species can cause microsporidiosis in humans. Most human-infecting microsporidians belong to the genera Enterocytozoon... more
Benthic diatoms have traditionally been used as bioindicators of aquatic ecosystems. Because diatom-based monitoring of water quality is required by European legislation, molecular-based methods had emerged as useful alternatives to... more
Community composition data are essential for conservation management, facilitating identification of rare native and invasive species, along with abundant ones. However, traditional capture-based morphological surveys require considerable... more
As many ecosystems are under increasing pressure from invasive species, habitat degradation, overgrazing and overharvesting, pollution, and climate change, dietary niche monitoring is gaining importance. The Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife... more
DNA metabarcoding provides great potential for species identification in complex samples such as food supplements and traditional medicines. Such a method would aid Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and... more
The main objective of this work was to develop and validate a robust and reliable " from-benchtop-to-desktop " metabarcoding workflow to investigate the diet of invertebrate-eaters. We applied our workflow to faecal DNA samples of an... more
Background Environmental DNA and metabarcoding allow the identification of a mixture of species and launch a new era in bio- and eco-assessment. Many steps are required to obtain taxonomically assigned matrices from raw data. For most of... more
Species compositions and diversity levels of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities provide important indicators of ecosystem health. However, such community analyses typically are limited by time and effort of sampling, sorting, and... more
Members of the family Cranchiidae Prosch, 1847, commonly known as glass or bathyscaphoid squids, range from small translucent species to the massive-sized colossal squid. Those cephalopods are widely distributed in all oceans, also... more