Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://repositorio.uti.edu.ec//handle/123456789/3641
Title: Comparison of traditional and DNA metabarcoding samples for monitoring tropical soil arthropods (Formicidae, Collembola and Isoptera)
Authors: Basset, Yves
Hajibabaei, Mehrdad
Wright, Michael
Castillo, Anakena
Donoso, David
Segar, Simon
Souto-Vilarós, Daniel
Soliman, Dina
Roslin, Tomas
Smith, M. Alex
Lamarre, Greg
León, Luis
Decaëns, Thibaud
Palacios-Vargas, José
Castaño-Meneses, Gabriela
Scheffrahn, Rudolf
Rivera, Marleny
Perez, Filonila
Bobadilla, Ricardo
Lopez, Yacksecari
Ramirez Silva, José Alejandro
Montejo Cruz, Maira
Angela Arango Galván, Angela
Barrios, Héctor
Issue Date: 2022
Publisher: Scientific Reports. Volume 12
Abstract: The soil fauna of the tropics remains one of the least known components of the biosphere. Long-term monitoring of this fauna is hampered by the lack of taxonomic expertise and funding. These obstacles may potentially be lifted with DNA metabarcoding. To validate this approach, we studied the ants, springtails and termites of 100 paired soil samples from Barro Colorado Island, Panama. The fauna was extracted with Berlese-Tullgren funnels and then either sorted with traditional taxonomy and known, individual DNA barcodes (“traditional samples”) or processed with metabarcoding (“metabarcoding samples”). We detected 49 ant, 37 springtail and 34 termite species with 3.46 million reads of the COI gene, at a mean sequence length of 233 bp. Traditional identification yielded 80, 111 and 15 species of ants, springtails and termites, respectively; 98%, 37% and 100% of these species had a Barcode Index Number (BIN) allowing for direct comparison with metabarcoding. Ants were best surveyed through traditional methods, termites were better detected by metabarcoding, and springtails were equally well detected by both techniques. Species richness was underestimated, and faunal composition was different in metabarcoding samples, mostly because 37% of ant species were not detected. The prevalence of species in metabarcoding samples increased with their abundance in traditional samples, and seasonal shifts in species prevalence and faunal composition were similar between traditional and metabarcoding samples. Probable false positive and negative species records were reasonably low (13–18% of common species). We conclude that metabarcoding of samples extracted with Berlese-Tullgren funnels appear suitable for the long-term monitoring of termites and springtails in tropical rainforests. For ants, metabarcoding schemes should be complemented by additional samples of alates from Malaise or light traps.
URI: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-14915-2
http://repositorio.uti.edu.ec//handle/123456789/3641
Appears in Collections:Artículos Científicos Indexados

Files in This Item:
There are no files associated with this item.


This item is licensed under a Creative Commons License Creative Commons