Biodiversity is under threat worldwide. Over the past decade, the field of population
genomics has developed across nonmodel organisms, and the results of this research have …

The pollution of plastic waste has become an increasingly serious environmental crisis.
Recently, plastic has been detected in various kinds of environments, even in human …

Background DNA barcodes are a useful tool for discovering, understanding, and monitoring
biodiversity which are critical tasks at a time of rapid biodiversity loss. However, widespread …

The health and functioning of soil ecosystems are the foundation of sustainable food
production and land management. Of key importance in achieving sustainability, is the …

Trap-based surveillance strategies are widely used for monitoring of invasive insect species,
aiming to detect newly arrived exotic taxa as well as track the population levels of …

1. DNA metabarcoding is a cost‐effective species identification approach with great potential
to assist entomological ecologists. This review presents a practical guide to help …

Assessment of bacterial diversity through sequencing of 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA)
genes has been an approach widely used in environmental microbiology, particularly since …

While traditional microbiological freshwater tests focus on the detection of specific bacterial
indicator species, including pathogens, direct tracing of all aquatic DNA through …

Plastic debris in the ocean form a new ecosystem, termed 'plastisphere', which hosts a
variety of marine organisms. Recent studies implemented DNA metabarcoding to …

Background More than 80% of all animal species remain unknown to science. Most of these
species live in the tropics and belong to animal taxa that combine small body size with high …