Standardizing metadata and taxonomic identification in metabarcoding studies

High-throughput sequencing-based metabarcoding studies produce vast amounts of ecological data, but a lack of consensus on standardization of metadata and how to refer to the species recovered severely hampers reanalysis and comparisons among studies. Here we propose an automated workflow covering d...

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Main Authors: Tedersoo, Leho, Ramirez, Kelly S., Nilsson, R Henrik, Kaljuvee, Aivi, Kõljalg, Urmas, Abarenkov, Kessy
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521374/