Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
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Open-access, peer-reviewed journal for metabarcoding & metagenomics research.
Welcomes submissions documenting all types of outcomes throughout the research cycle.
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Welcomes submissions documenting all types of outcomes throughout the research cycle.
Published by @pensoft.net. Powered by ARPHA platform.
Website: mbmg.pensoft.net.
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Come to the Pensoft stand at the Kliments' Days 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria! Our Marketing and Sales manager @maria-kolesnikova.bsky.social is there to welcome you and tell you all about our open-access journals in biodiversity sciences!
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Come to the Pensoft stand at the Kliments' Days 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria! Our Marketing and Sales manager @maria-kolesnikova.bsky.social is there to welcome you and tell you all about our open-access journals in biodiversity sciences!
A targeted DNA metabarcoding workflow was developed and validated to identify terrestrial gastropods from the digestive contents of the invasive flatworm 𝑂𝑏𝑎𝑚𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑎, revealing diverse prey and improving diet analysis.
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A DNA metabarcoding workflow for the detection of terrestrial gastropods from ingested DNA
DNA metabarcoding is a powerful approach for assessing biodiversity and unravelling trophic interactions, particularly in the context of biological invasions where introduced predators may impact nati...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A targeted DNA metabarcoding workflow was developed and validated to identify terrestrial gastropods from the digestive contents of the invasive flatworm 𝑂𝑏𝑎𝑚𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑎, revealing diverse prey and improving diet analysis.
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eDNA metabarcoding outperforms traditional electrofishing for monitoring fish and decapod biodiversity in Caribbean freshwater ecosystems, offering a less disruptive, more comprehensive method to detect native and invasive species and assess ecological health.
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Metabarcoding outperforms traditional electrofishing in decapod and fish inventories, paving the way for enhanced biodiversity monitoring in the Caribbean
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding revolutionized the biodiversity monitoring in aquatic ecosystems, giving access to taxonomic lists in a non-disruptive way. Although the method has limits, such ...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
eDNA metabarcoding outperforms traditional electrofishing for monitoring fish and decapod biodiversity in Caribbean freshwater ecosystems, offering a less disruptive, more comprehensive method to detect native and invasive species and assess ecological health.
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Stemflow for detecting mammalian environmental DNA: a case study in a zoo.
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Stemflow for detecting mammalian environmental DNA: a case study in a zoo
As mammalian diversity declines, effective biodiversity monitoring tools are urgently needed. To address this issue, we assessed the detectability of mammalian environmental DNA (eDNA) using the eDNA ...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Stemflow for detecting mammalian environmental DNA: a case study in a zoo.
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DNA barcoding reference dataset revealed overlooked diversity and clarified biogeography of fishes in the largest European river system – Volga River.
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DNA barcoding reference dataset revealed overlooked diversity and clarified biogeography of fishes in the largest European river system – Volga River
This study represents the first thorough genetic assessment of freshwater fishes from the Volga River basin – the longest (3,690 km) river in Europe. DNA barcode sequences (COI) were studied in ...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
DNA barcoding reference dataset revealed overlooked diversity and clarified biogeography of fishes in the largest European river system – Volga River.
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Our journal is at #LivingData2025 - looking forward to talking to anyone interested in #metabarcoding and metagenomics!
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Come visit us at booth 9 and our team, headed by Pensoft CEO Prof. Lyubomir Penev, will tell you all about our involvement in biodiversity-related #HorizonEU & #H2020 project as well as our commitment to #openaccess publishing!
Come visit us at booth 9 and our team, headed by Pensoft CEO Prof. Lyubomir Penev, will tell you all about our involvement in biodiversity-related #HorizonEU & #H2020 project as well as our commitment to #openaccess publishing!
October 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Our journal is at #LivingData2025 - looking forward to talking to anyone interested in #metabarcoding and metagenomics!
Taxon-specific mini-barcode primers greatly improve the detection and biodiversity assessment of key marine zooplankton groups, boosting species representation by up to fivefold.
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The design and testing of taxon-specific mini-barcode markers for metabarcoding of marine zooplankton
DNA metabarcoding of zooplankton samples is well suited to surveys of marine pelagic ecosystems; however, consistent amplification across zooplankton groups cannot be assumed when using “universal” mi...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Taxon-specific mini-barcode primers greatly improve the detection and biodiversity assessment of key marine zooplankton groups, boosting species representation by up to fivefold.
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Guidance and best practices for species identification using eDNA metabarcoding - When do you call a cod a cod?
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Guidance and best practices for species identification using eDNA metabarcoding - When do you call a cod a cod?
With the rapid uptake of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding for a wide range of conservation and management uses, there is a growing need for guidance and best practices for species identification...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Guidance and best practices for species identification using eDNA metabarcoding - When do you call a cod a cod?
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Multiplex PCR sequencing represents a powerful and cost-effective tool for simultaneously detecting multiple aquatic invasive species in the early stages of invasion: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
Invasive species monitoring based on eDNA multiplex PCR sequencing
Invasive species pose a significant threat to global biodiversity and the stability of ecosystems. Although environmental DNA (eDNA)-based quantitative PCR is considered effective, its limited multipl...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Multiplex PCR sequencing represents a powerful and cost-effective tool for simultaneously detecting multiple aquatic invasive species in the early stages of invasion: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
"Want to start using Nanopore technology to research protistan diversity? Check out our paper introducing a pipeline for creating OTUs from Nanopore metabarcodes — bridging the gap between short- and long-read metabarcoding." - Anna Karnkowska
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October 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"Want to start using Nanopore technology to research protistan diversity? Check out our paper introducing a pipeline for creating OTUs from Nanopore metabarcodes — bridging the gap between short- and long-read metabarcoding." - Anna Karnkowska
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Non-invasive swabbing of hive entrances is a highly effective biomonitoring method for collecting hive eNA and delivering comprehensive surveillance for animal, plant and microbial communities in the environment.
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Surface swabs outperform most traditional honeybee (Apis mellifera) hive samples for recovery of eDNA and eRNA
Genetic sampling from European honeybee (Apis mellifera) hives is a promising repository of terrestrial environmental nucleic acids (eNA) from a range of taxonomic sources. eNA samples from honeybee h...
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October 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Non-invasive swabbing of hive entrances is a highly effective biomonitoring method for collecting hive eNA and delivering comprehensive surveillance for animal, plant and microbial communities in the environment.
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A 16S rRNA dataset of Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park.
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A 16S rRNA dataset of Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park
Wetlands are ecosystems of environmental importance due to their role as biodiversity shelters. However, the intense anthropization of the landscape have propelled a decline in water quality and quant...
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October 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
A 16S rRNA dataset of Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park.
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Optimised eDNA and PCR-based metabarcoding significantly outperformed hybridisation capture and traditional field surveys for bryophyte detection in river ecosystems.
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A comparative analysis of hybridisation capture and PCR-based eDNA metabarcoding for monitoring bryophytes in riparian ecosystems
Despite their ecological importance, mosses remain under-represented in ecological studies due to their challenging detection in field surveys and morphological identification, exacerbated by the lack...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Optimised eDNA and PCR-based metabarcoding significantly outperformed hybridisation capture and traditional field surveys for bryophyte detection in river ecosystems.
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Researchers present the BaNaNA (Barcoding Nanopore Neat Annotator) pipeline and display the effectiveness of long-read Nanopore sequencing for protist biodiversity, ecology and evolution research.
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From short to long reads: enhanced protist diversity profiling via Nanopore metabarcoding
In the last decades, environmental metabarcoding has revolutionised biodiversity research, particularly for microbial organisms such as protists, enabling large-scale assessments of diversity and ecol...
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October 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Researchers present the BaNaNA (Barcoding Nanopore Neat Annotator) pipeline and display the effectiveness of long-read Nanopore sequencing for protist biodiversity, ecology and evolution research.
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DNA metabarcoding identifies more invertebrate species under the Water Framework Directive than conventional methods, showing promise for faster and finer river health monitoring in Slovakia’s Carpathian streams.
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Evaluating the potential of DNA metabarcoding for ecological status assessment under the Water Framework Directive: A case study on benthic invertebrates from Western Carpathian streams
Routine biomonitoring under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) follows a conventional methodology primarily based on the morphological identification of taxa within the five biological quality elemen...
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October 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
DNA metabarcoding identifies more invertebrate species under the Water Framework Directive than conventional methods, showing promise for faster and finer river health monitoring in Slovakia’s Carpathian streams.
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Tiina Laamanen @tiinalaamanen.bsky.social cited her MBMG paper on molecular biodiversity monitoring methods as part of her #BGEconnects session on implementing #eDNA and other molecular monitoring methods in Finland!
September 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Tiina Laamanen @tiinalaamanen.bsky.social cited her MBMG paper on molecular biodiversity monitoring methods as part of her #BGEconnects session on implementing #eDNA and other molecular monitoring methods in Finland!
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After more than fourteen years of advancing research on biological invasions, we have published our 100th issue! 🌎
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Advancing invasion science: NeoBiota publishes its 100th issue
The open-access journal NeoBiota has published its milestone 100th issue, celebrating more than fourteen years of advancing research in invasion science.
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September 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
After more than fourteen years of advancing research on biological invasions, we have published our 100th issue! 🌎
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DNA barcoding reveals that the diversity of 𝑁𝑖𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑢𝑠 in France is dramatically underestimated.
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Diversity of Niphargus (Crustacea, Amphipoda) in France, as revealed by DNA barcoding approach
Niphargus is the most speciose amphipod genus inhabiting groundwater of the Western Palearctic. The genus is renowned for its notorious taxonomy, associated with large within- but often negligible bet...
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September 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
DNA barcoding reveals that the diversity of 𝑁𝑖𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑢𝑠 in France is dramatically underestimated.
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📰 A recent article, supported by our project, was published in Pensoft Publishers' (@pensoft.net) Metabarcoding and Metagenomics journal.
🧬 The study evaluates the TRLs of molecular tools for #monitoring like #eDNA and DNA #metabarcoding.
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🧬 The study evaluates the TRLs of molecular tools for #monitoring like #eDNA and DNA #metabarcoding.
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September 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📰 A recent article, supported by our project, was published in Pensoft Publishers' (@pensoft.net) Metabarcoding and Metagenomics journal.
🧬 The study evaluates the TRLs of molecular tools for #monitoring like #eDNA and DNA #metabarcoding.
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🧬 The study evaluates the TRLs of molecular tools for #monitoring like #eDNA and DNA #metabarcoding.
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The latest guest post on the @pensoft.net blog outlines a new, non-lethal method of studying pollinator networks. 🐝🧬
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The bee’s knees: a new, non-lethal way to study pollinator networks
Researchers have created a new way to study pollinator networks, using metabarcoding and without killing bees, as described in this guest blog post.
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September 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The latest guest post on the @pensoft.net blog outlines a new, non-lethal method of studying pollinator networks. 🐝🧬
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The latest guest post on the @pensoft.net blog outlines a new, non-lethal method of studying pollinator networks. 🐝🧬
blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/11/t...
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The bee’s knees: a new, non-lethal way to study pollinator networks
Researchers have created a new way to study pollinator networks, using metabarcoding and without killing bees, as described in this guest blog post.
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September 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The latest guest post on the @pensoft.net blog outlines a new, non-lethal method of studying pollinator networks. 🐝🧬
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Using molecular and morphological evidence, researchers present the first occurrences of the non-indigenous diatom species, 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑎 in the Danube River and the earliest occurrence in European freshwater ecosystems.
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From Asia through America to Europe: Molecular and morphological evidence for a non-indigenous diatom species, Discostella asterocostata (B.Q.Lin, S.Q.Xie & S.X.Cai) Houk & Klee in Hungary and...
This study presents the first occurrences of the diatom species Discostella asterocostata in Europe’s second largest river, the Danube River and the earliest occurrence in European freshwater ecosyste...
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September 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Using molecular and morphological evidence, researchers present the first occurrences of the non-indigenous diatom species, 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑎 in the Danube River and the earliest occurrence in European freshwater ecosystems.
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🌎 Potential of simple, replicable methods to support long-term #monitoring demonstrated at a workshop of the #Marine #Biodiversity Observation Network Pole to Pole of the Americas that brought together participants from 10 countries earlier this year.
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September 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🌎 Potential of simple, replicable methods to support long-term #monitoring demonstrated at a workshop of the #Marine #Biodiversity Observation Network Pole to Pole of the Americas that brought together participants from 10 countries earlier this year.
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By comparing three strategies for local bioassessments in streams using environmental DNA and RNA metabarcoding, researchers find the most effective strategy is to briefly incubate collected organisms in water then analyse the enriched eDNA.
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August 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
By comparing three strategies for local bioassessments in streams using environmental DNA and RNA metabarcoding, researchers find the most effective strategy is to briefly incubate collected organisms in water then analyse the enriched eDNA.
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Researchers utilise DNA metabarcoding to reveal distinct trophic niches among insectivorous bird species in central Peninsular Malaysia, highlighting the need to conserve insect-rich habitats within mixed-use landscapes.
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August 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Researchers utilise DNA metabarcoding to reveal distinct trophic niches among insectivorous bird species in central Peninsular Malaysia, highlighting the need to conserve insect-rich habitats within mixed-use landscapes.
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