Estimating absolute microbial abundances from metabarcoding anchored to cytometry data
Enrico Ser‐Giacomi, Yubin Raut, Jesse C. McNichol, François Ribalet, Glen Adam Tarran, Christel S. Hassler, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Jed A. Fuhrman, Michael J. Follows
This paper calibrates metabarcoding data using flow cytometry to estimate absolute microbial abundances and gene concentrations in oceanic samples.
bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2026 · PreprintEcology