Best practice recommendations for sample preservation in metabarcoding studies: a case study on diatom environmental samples
Ana Baričević, Chardon Cécile, Maria Kahlert, Satu Maaria Karjalainen, Daniela Marić Pfannkuchen, Pfannkuchen Martin, Frédéric Rimet, Mirta Smodlaka Tanković, T La Rosa, Valentin Vasselon, Jonas Zimmermann, Agnès Bouchez
This study compares three preservation protocols for diatom samples over different storage durations, finding that DNA quality and diversity are largely unaffected, but rare taxa vary, highlighting the importance of method choice for detecting low-density species.
bioRxiv · May 4, 2022 · PreprintMolecular Biology