Soil Sample Metabarcoding for Natural England's Long Term Monitoring Network (LTMN)
Natural England · Awarded contract
AwardedSoil Sample Metabarcoding for Natural England's Long Term Monitoring Network (LTMN)
Awarded 04 Jan 2023
Awarded04 Jan 2023
Value£20,825.00
AgencyNatural England
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryResearch & Development
Ended 3y 7mo ago3mo term
Awarded 4 Jan 2023Expired 30 Mar 2023
About
Natural England awarded a contract to the School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, for soil sample metabarcoding analysis from Natural England's Long Term Monitoring Network.
The project aimed to generate data to explore compatibility between past tRFLP analysis of microbial communities and modern metabarcoding approaches.
It involved metabarcoding a limited number of samples using two primer sets—those used for tRFLP and those used in modern metabarcoding—and delivering both raw and taxonomically assigned data, along with advice on using sequence data for in-silico tRFLP comparison.
The contract value was AUD 20,825.
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Soil Sample Metabarcoding for Natural England's Long Term Monitoring Network (LTMN)
Won by SCHOOL OF BIOSCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, · Natural England
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