Meirong Chen

Benchmarking full-length ITS metabarcoding across Illumina 2x500, PacBio, and Oxford Nanopore sequencing using mock and soil communities

The paper benchmarks full-length ITS metabarcoding across Illumina, PacBio, and Oxford Nanopore platforms using mock and soil communities, finding PacBio has the lowest error rate and recommends standard pipelines for biodiversity assessments.

Sampling design and sample processing affect soil biodiversity assessments

This study evaluates how soil sampling design and processing affect biodiversity estimates, finding significant variation in diversity metrics based on subsample numbers and pooling strategies.