The development of high‐throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies has greatly improved
our capacity to identify fungi and unveil their ecological roles across a variety of ecosystems …

Fungi are major ecological players in both terrestrial and aquatic environments by cycling
organic matter and channelling nutrients across trophic levels. High-throughput sequencing …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding (parallel sequencing of DNA/RNA for
identification of whole communities within a targeted group) is revolutionizing the field of …

Significant advances have been made towards surveying animal and plant communities
using DNA isolated from environmental samples. Despite rapid progress, we lack a …

Northern hardwood forests in formerly glaciated areas had been free of earthworms until
exotic European earthworms were introduced by human activities. The invasion of exotic …

To determine the optimal soil sample size for microbial community structure analysis, DNA
extraction, microbial composition analysis, and diversity assessments were performed using …

Nucleic acid extraction from complex environmental and ancient tissue material is prone to
co‐extract inhibitory substances that make further molecular analysis difficult or impossible …

Studies in plant-microbiome currently use diverse protocols, making their comparison
difficult and biased. Research in human microbiome have faced similar challenges, but the …

Woodchip bioreactor (WBR) is a promising technology for the removal of nitrate from
agricultural drainage, although the performance of WBRs is dependent on the …

Abstract Next‐Generation Sequencing (NGS) is a powerful tool that has been rapidly
adopted by many ecologists studying microbial communities. Despite the exciting …