Lake sedimentary DNA research on past terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity: Overview and recommendations

E Capo, C Giguet-Covex, A Rouillard, K Nota… - Quaternary, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of lake sedimentary DNA to track the long-term changes in both terrestrial and
aquatic biota is a rapidly advancing field in paleoecological research. Although largely …

Environmental DNA time series in ecology

M Balint, M Pfenninger, HP Grossart, P Taberlet… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2018 - cell.com
Ecological communities change in time and space, but long-term dynamics at the century-to-
millennia scale are poorly documented due to lack of relevant data sets. Nevertheless …

Transitory microbial habitat in the hyperarid Atacama Desert

D Schulze-Makuch, D Wagner… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Traces of life are nearly ubiquitous on Earth. However, a central unresolved question is
whether these traces always indicate an active microbial community or whether, in extreme …

New insights on lake sediment DNA from the catchment: Importance of taphonomic and analytical issues on the record quality

C Giguet-Covex, GF Ficetola, K Walsh, J Poulenard… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Over the last decade, an increasing number of studies have used lake sediment DNA to
trace past landscape changes, agricultural activities or human presence. However, the …

Environmental paleomicrobiology: using DNA preserved in aquatic sediments to its full potential

E Capo, ME Monchamp, MJL Coolen… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In‐depth knowledge about spatial and temporal variation in microbial diversity and function
is needed for a better understanding of ecological and evolutionary responses to global …

Vertical diversity and association pattern of total, abundant and rare microbial communities in deep‐sea sediments

Y Zhang, P Yao, C Sun, S Li, X Shi… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial abundance and community composition in marine sediments have been widely
explored. However, high‐resolution vertical changes of benthic microbial diversity and co …

Factors governing extracellular DNA degradation dynamics in soil

SH Sirois, DH Buckley - Environmental microbiology reports, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We examined the impacts of soil moisture, temperature, agricultural management and
habitat type on the degradation dynamics of eDNA in soils. Synthetic eDNA was added to …

Extracellular DNA in environmental samples: Occurrence, extraction, quantification, and impact on microbial biodiversity assessment

S Bairoliya, J Koh Zhi Xiang, B Cao - Applied and Environmental …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Environmental DNA, ie, DNA extracted directly from environmental samples, has been used
to understand microbial communities in the environment and to monitor contemporary …

Effects of microbial activity and environmental parameters on the degradation of extracellular environmental DNA from a eutrophic lake

NS Zulkefli, KH Kim, SJ Hwang - International Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Extracellular DNA (exDNA) pool in aquatic environments is a valuable source for
biomonitoring and bioassessment. However, degradation under particular environmental …

Genomic reconstruction of fossil and living microorganisms in ancient Siberian permafrost

R Liang, Z Li, MCY Lau Vetter, TA Vishnivetskaya… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Total DNA (intracellular, iDNA and extracellular, eDNA) from ancient
permafrost records the mixed genetic repository of the past and present microbial …