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Data from: New environmental metabarcodes for analysing soil DNA: potential for studying past and present ecosystems

Data from: New environmental metabarcodes for analysing soil DNA: potential for studying past and present ecosystems
Data from: New environmental metabarcodes for analysing soil DNA: potential for studying past and present ecosystems
Epp_etal_metabarcodes_dryadThis file contains all consensus sequences retrieved from clones of environmental samples and referred to in Table S6 of the Supplementary material.,Metabarcoding approaches use total and typically degraded DNA from environmental samples to analyse biotic assemblages and can potentially be carried out for any kinds of organisms in an ecosystem. These analyses rely on specific markers, here called metabarcodes, which should be optimized for taxonomic resolution, minimal bias in amplification of the target organism group and short sequence length. Using bioinformatic tools, we developed metabarcodes for several groups of organisms: fungi, bryophytes, enchytraeids, beetles and birds. The ability of these metabarcodes to amplify the target groups was systematically evaluated by (1) in silico PCRs using all standard sequences in the EMBL public database as templates, (2) in vitro PCRs of DNA extracts from surface soil samples from a site in Varanger, northern Norway, and (3) in vitro PCRs of DNA extracts from permanently frozen sediment samples of late-Pleistocene age (~ 16 000–50 000 yr BP) from two Siberian sites, Duvanny Yar and Main River. Comparison of the results from the in silico PCR with those obtained in vitro showed that the in silico approach offered a reliable estimate of the suitability of a marker. All target groups were detected in the environmental DNA, but we found large variation in the level of detection among the groups and between modern and ancient samples. Success rates for the Pleistocene samples were highest for fungal DNA, whereas bryophyte, beetle and bird sequences could also be retrieved, but to a much lesser degree. The metabarcoding approach has considerable potential for biodiversity screening of modern samples and also as a paleoecological tool.
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(2012) Data from: New environmental metabarcodes for analysing soil DNA: potential for studying past and present ecosystems. DRYAD doi:10.5061/dryad.37s6bb42 [Dataset]

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Epp_etal_metabarcodes_dryadThis file contains all consensus sequences retrieved from clones of environmental samples and referred to in Table S6 of the Supplementary material.,Metabarcoding approaches use total and typically degraded DNA from environmental samples to analyse biotic assemblages and can potentially be carried out for any kinds of organisms in an ecosystem. These analyses rely on specific markers, here called metabarcodes, which should be optimized for taxonomic resolution, minimal bias in amplification of the target organism group and short sequence length. Using bioinformatic tools, we developed metabarcodes for several groups of organisms: fungi, bryophytes, enchytraeids, beetles and birds. The ability of these metabarcodes to amplify the target groups was systematically evaluated by (1) in silico PCRs using all standard sequences in the EMBL public database as templates, (2) in vitro PCRs of DNA extracts from surface soil samples from a site in Varanger, northern Norway, and (3) in vitro PCRs of DNA extracts from permanently frozen sediment samples of late-Pleistocene age (~ 16 000–50 000 yr BP) from two Siberian sites, Duvanny Yar and Main River. Comparison of the results from the in silico PCR with those obtained in vitro showed that the in silico approach offered a reliable estimate of the suitability of a marker. All target groups were detected in the environmental DNA, but we found large variation in the level of detection among the groups and between modern and ancient samples. Success rates for the Pleistocene samples were highest for fungal DNA, whereas bryophyte, beetle and bird sequences could also be retrieved, but to a much lesser degree. The metabarcoding approach has considerable potential for biodiversity screening of modern samples and also as a paleoecological tool.

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Published date: 1 January 2012

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Local EPrints ID: 449258
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/449258
PURE UUID: e3f0ddd7-9663-4f24-aca4-ce2f9a718ba3
ORCID for Mary E. Edwards: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3490-6682

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Last modified: 28 Nov 2023 02:37

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Contributor: Laura S. Epp
Contributor: Sanne Boessenkool
Contributor: Eva P. Bellemain
Contributor: James Haile
Contributor: Alfonso Esposito
Contributor: Tiayyba Riaz
Contributor: Christer Erséus
Contributor: Vladimir I. Gusarov
Contributor: Mary E. Edwards ORCID iD
Contributor: Arild Johnsen
Contributor: Hans K. Stenøien
Contributor: Kristian Hassel
Contributor: Håvard Kauserud
Contributor: Nigel G. Yoccoz
Contributor: Kari Anne Bråthen
Contributor: Eske Willerslev
Contributor: Pierre Taberlet
Contributor: Eric Coissac
Contributor: Christian Brochmann

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