Metagenomics: tools and insights for analyzing next-generation sequencing data derived from biodiversity studies

A Oulas, C Pavloudi, P Polymenakou… - … and biology insights, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) have allowed significant breakthroughs in
microbial ecology studies. This has led to the rapid expansion of research in the field and …

A pile of pipelines: An overview of the bioinformatics software for metabarcoding data analyses

A Hakimzadeh, A Abdala Asbun… - Molecular Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has gained growing attention as a strategy for
monitoring biodiversity in ecology. However, taxa identifications produced through …

Algorithm for post-clustering curation of DNA amplicon data yields reliable biodiversity estimates

TG Frøslev, R Kjøller, HH Bruun, R Ejrnæs… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
DNA metabarcoding is promising for cost-effective biodiversity monitoring, but reliable
diversity estimates are difficult to achieve and validate. Here we present and validate a …

Ranking the biases: The choice of OTUs vs. ASVs in 16S rRNA amplicon data analysis has stronger effects on diversity measures than rarefaction and OTU identity …

M Chiarello, M McCauley, S Villéger, CR Jackson - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Advances in the analysis of amplicon sequence datasets have introduced a methodological
shift in how research teams investigate microbial biodiversity, away from sequence identity …

[PDF][PDF] Shotgun metagenomes and multiple primer pair-barcode combinations of amplicons reveal biases in metabarcoding analyses of fungi

L Tedersoo, S Anslan, M Bahram, S Põlme, T Riit… - …, 2015 - mycokeys.pensoft.net
Rapid development of high-throughput (HTS) molecular identification methods has
revolutionized our knowledge about taxonomic diversity and ecology of fungi. However …

The development of terrestrial ecosystems emerging after glacier retreat

GF Ficetola, S Marta, A Guerrieri, I Cantera, A Bonin… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The global retreat of glaciers is dramatically altering mountain and high-latitude landscapes,
with new ecosystems develo** from apparently barren substrates,,–. The study of these …

PacBio metabarcoding of Fungi and other eukaryotes: errors, biases and perspectives

L Tedersoo, A Tooming‐Klunderud… - New Phytologist, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Second‐generation, high‐throughput sequencing methods have greatly improved our
understanding of the ecology of soil microorganisms, yet the short barcodes (< 500 bp) …

Bioinformatics matters: The accuracy of plant and soil fungal community data is highly dependent on the metabarcoding pipeline

C Pauvert, M Buée, V Laval, V Edel-Hermann… - Fungal Ecology, 2019 - Elsevier
Fungal communities associated with plants and soil influence plant fitness and ecosystem
functioning. They are frequently studied by metabarcoding approaches targeting the …

Microbiome networks: a systems framework for identifying candidate microbial assemblages for disease management

R Poudel, A Jumpponen, DC Schlatter… - …, 2016 - Am Phytopath Society
Network models of soil and plant microbiomes provide new opportunities for enhancing
disease management, but also challenges for interpretation. We present a framework for …

Soil origin and plant genotype structure distinct microbiome compartments in the model legume Medicago truncatula

SP Brown, MA Grillo, JC Podowski, KD Heath - Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Background Understanding the genetic and environmental factors that structure plant
microbiomes is necessary for leveraging these interactions to address critical needs in …