A practical guide to DNA metabarcoding for entomological ecologists

M Liu, LJ Clarke, SC Baker, GJ Jordan… - Ecological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Pitfalls and preservatives: a review

MJ Skvarla, JL Larson… - The Journal of the …, 2014 - journal.lib.uoguelph.ca
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[HTML][HTML] Co-evolution in context: the importance of studying gut microbiomes in wild animals

KR Amato - Microbiome Science and Medicine, 2013 - psjd.icm.edu.pl
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Facilitating the adoption of high‐throughput sequencing technologies as a plant pest diagnostic test in laboratories: A step‐by‐step description

B Lebas, I Adams, M Al Rwahnih, S Baeyen… - EPPO …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
High‐throughput sequencing (HTS) is a powerful tool that enables the simultaneous
detection and potential identification of any organisms present in a sample. The growing …

DNA extraction protocols cause differences in 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing efficiency but not in community profile composition or structure

BER Rubin, JG Sanders, J Hampton‐Marcell… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The recent development of methods applying next‐generation sequencing to microbial
community characterization has led to the proliferation of these studies in a wide variety of …

The effect of ethanol concentration on the morphological and molecular preservation of insects for biodiversity studies

D Marquina, M Buczek, F Ronquist, P Łukasik - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Traditionally, insects collected for scientific purposes have been dried and pinned, or
preserved in 70% ethanol. Both methods preserve taxonomically informative exoskeletal …

Mosquito microbiota cluster by host sampling location

EJ Muturi, D Lagos-Kutz, C Dunlap, JL Ramirez… - Parasites & …, 2018 - Springer
Background Microbial communities that inhabit the mosquito body play an import role in host
biology and may have potential for mosquito control. However, the forces that shape these …

Evidence-based recommendations on storing and handling specimens for analyses of insect microbiota

TJ Hammer, JC Dickerson, N Fierer - PeerJ, 2015 - peerj.com
Research on insect microbiota has greatly expanded over the past decade, along with a
growing appreciation of the microbial contributions to insect ecology and evolution. Many of …

Entomological collections in the age of big data

AEZ Short, T Dikow, CS Moreau - Annual Review of Entomology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
With a million described species and more than half a billion preserved specimens, the large
scale of insect collections is unequaled by those of any other group. Advances in genomics …

Biosurveillance for invasive insect pest species using an environmental DNA metabarcoding approach and a high salt trap collection fluid

RG Young, Y Milián‐García, J Yu… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With the increase in global trade and warming patterns, the movement, introduction, and
establishment of non‐native insect species has increased. A rapid and effective early …