Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
@mbmg.pensoft.net
Open-access, peer-reviewed journal for metabarcoding & metagenomics research.
Welcomes submissions documenting all types of outcomes throughout the research cycle.
Published by @pensoft.net. Powered by @arphahub.com.
Website: mbmg.pensoft.net.
Welcomes submissions documenting all types of outcomes throughout the research cycle.
Published by @pensoft.net. Powered by @arphahub.com.
Website: mbmg.pensoft.net.
A new #eDNA study of a Siberian bog finds #fungal diversity isn't concentrated in peat, as assumed - plant litter is richest, roots most specialized. Total richness (~11,500 SH) vastly exceeds the 208 species found by traditional sporocarp surveys: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
September 17, 2026 at 10:57 AM
A new #eDNA study of a Siberian bog finds #fungal diversity isn't concentrated in peat, as assumed - plant litter is richest, roots most specialized. Total richness (~11,500 SH) vastly exceeds the 208 species found by traditional sporocarp surveys: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
🔍Continuing our @peerreviewweek.bsky.social series on "Peer Review Capacity: Volume, Speed, and Quality"
Prof. Florian Leese, editor-in-chief of our journal also raised an important point about where current tools fall short 👇
📖 Full blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/09/11/p...
#PRW2026 #peerreview
Prof. Florian Leese, editor-in-chief of our journal also raised an important point about where current tools fall short 👇
📖 Full blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/09/11/p...
#PRW2026 #peerreview
September 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
🔍Continuing our @peerreviewweek.bsky.social series on "Peer Review Capacity: Volume, Speed, and Quality"
Prof. Florian Leese, editor-in-chief of our journal also raised an important point about where current tools fall short 👇
📖 Full blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/09/11/p...
#PRW2026 #peerreview
Prof. Florian Leese, editor-in-chief of our journal also raised an important point about where current tools fall short 👇
📖 Full blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/09/11/p...
#PRW2026 #peerreview
🐋🧬Researchers tested #eDNA extraction methods, compared two DNA polymerases, and built MVeM - an open-source #bioinformatics pipeline - for monitoring marine vertebrates. Direct filter extraction beat bead-beating; polymerase choice depended on target group.
Read more: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
Read more: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
September 15, 2026 at 8:28 AM
🐋🧬Researchers tested #eDNA extraction methods, compared two DNA polymerases, and built MVeM - an open-source #bioinformatics pipeline - for monitoring marine vertebrates. Direct filter extraction beat bead-beating; polymerase choice depended on target group.
Read more: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
Read more: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
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📍 We're at #NordicOikosGfÖ2026 in Odense, Denmark, this week, showcasing our work as a consortium member of @obsgession.eu and presenting our ecology-focused portfolio.
🤝 We look forward to meeting you all at our designated booth!
🤝 We look forward to meeting you all at our designated booth!
September 14, 2026 at 9:58 AM
📍 We're at #NordicOikosGfÖ2026 in Odense, Denmark, this week, showcasing our work as a consortium member of @obsgession.eu and presenting our ecology-focused portfolio.
🤝 We look forward to meeting you all at our designated booth!
🤝 We look forward to meeting you all at our designated booth!
New study compared microbial communities in produced water vs. reservoir fluids across four North Sea oil fields using 16S rRNA and metagenomic sequencing. Researchers found that the produced water alone is an unreliable proxy for the true reservoir microbiome.
Full details: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
Full details: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
September 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
New study compared microbial communities in produced water vs. reservoir fluids across four North Sea oil fields using 16S rRNA and metagenomic sequencing. Researchers found that the produced water alone is an unreliable proxy for the true reservoir microbiome.
Full details: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
Full details: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
🌱 We've touched down in Brussels for #NeoBiota2026 - the 14th International Conference on Biological Invasions! Here through 11 Sept.
Come chat with our team about Pensoft Publishers' publishing portfolio - journals, books & conference services. We'd love to connect 🤝
Come chat with our team about Pensoft Publishers' publishing portfolio - journals, books & conference services. We'd love to connect 🤝
September 8, 2026 at 9:13 AM
🌱 We've touched down in Brussels for #NeoBiota2026 - the 14th International Conference on Biological Invasions! Here through 11 Sept.
Come chat with our team about Pensoft Publishers' publishing portfolio - journals, books & conference services. We'd love to connect 🤝
Come chat with our team about Pensoft Publishers' publishing portfolio - journals, books & conference services. We'd love to connect 🤝
🧬 New study uses #DNA #metabarcoding across 59 sites to ask why some aquatic insects are more common than others. Widespread species had greater genetic diversity overall, but local species & genetic diversity weren't linked, pointing to gene flow and species sorting as key drivers.
Haplotype-level metabarcoding to study the relationship between species occurrence and population genetic structure at the catchment scale in aquatic insects
A longstanding question in ecology and evolutionary biology is which evolutionary mechanisms explain why some species occur frequently while others do not. Previous studies have investigated this phen...
doi.org
September 3, 2026 at 8:15 AM
🧬 New study uses #DNA #metabarcoding across 59 sites to ask why some aquatic insects are more common than others. Widespread species had greater genetic diversity overall, but local species & genetic diversity weren't linked, pointing to gene flow and species sorting as key drivers.
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🪲 New ~50,000-record #dataset (1860s-2025) maps Midwest US #stonefly diversity: 157 species, 21 new state records. But every state has lost species since 1970 - Illinois hardest hit (16 extirpations) - reflecting 2 centuries of habitat change.
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
Stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera) of the Midwest, USA: species checklist derived from nearly 170 Years of collection records
The landscape in the Midwest, USA (limited to the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin) has undergone dramatic shifts from the historic natural settings to agricu...
doi.org
September 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
🪲 New ~50,000-record #dataset (1860s-2025) maps Midwest US #stonefly diversity: 157 species, 21 new state records. But every state has lost species since 1970 - Illinois hardest hit (16 extirpations) - reflecting 2 centuries of habitat change.
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
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📍 We recently attended the 4th BioSyst.EU meeting in Uppsala, Sweden, held in the very city where taxonomy was born!
➡️ Read the full recap on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/09/03/p...
#BioSyst2026
➡️ Read the full recap on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/09/03/p...
#BioSyst2026
Pensoft at the 4th BioSyst.EU Meeting 2026 | Blog
The 4th BioSyst.EU meeting took place in Uppsala, Sweden, from 17 to 19 August 2026, organised by the Swedish Systematics Association, in collaboration with Uppsala University.
blog.pensoft.net
September 3, 2026 at 7:19 AM
📍 We recently attended the 4th BioSyst.EU meeting in Uppsala, Sweden, held in the very city where taxonomy was born!
➡️ Read the full recap on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/09/03/p...
#BioSyst2026
➡️ Read the full recap on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/09/03/p...
#BioSyst2026
🧬The OPENBAR initiative (a @biogeneurope.bsky.social
project) is launching two efforts to build a community #DNA #barcoding field guide: a 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 (𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟔 𝐂𝐄𝐓) and a 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 on lab realities. Open to researchers across the field.
Register for the online forum: mbmg.pensoft.net/news/1456
project) is launching two efforts to build a community #DNA #barcoding field guide: a 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 (𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟔 𝐂𝐄𝐓) and a 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 on lab realities. Open to researchers across the field.
Register for the online forum: mbmg.pensoft.net/news/1456
Join BGE+ in developing a DNA barcoding field guide
DNA barcoding has reshaped biodiversity research, but it still doesn't come with a manual. Researchers are largely left to figure out best practices on their own, often the hard way. Now, the...
mbmg.pensoft.net
September 1, 2026 at 10:27 AM
🧬The OPENBAR initiative (a @biogeneurope.bsky.social
project) is launching two efforts to build a community #DNA #barcoding field guide: a 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 (𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟔 𝐂𝐄𝐓) and a 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 on lab realities. Open to researchers across the field.
Register for the online forum: mbmg.pensoft.net/news/1456
project) is launching two efforts to build a community #DNA #barcoding field guide: a 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 (𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟔 𝐂𝐄𝐓) and a 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 on lab realities. Open to researchers across the field.
Register for the online forum: mbmg.pensoft.net/news/1456
#Climatechange is shifting where #pollinators live, but not all pollinators do equal work. This new study pairs species distribution models with pollen deposition data to track mango pollinators in South Africa, finding declines in both pollinator numbers and pollination service under climate change
The International eDNA Standardization Task Force (iESTF): toward development of inclusive international standards for eDNA biodiversity monitoring
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis has emerged as a transformative tool for biodiversity assessment and environmental monitoring, offering a non-invasive, cost-effective approach to detecting species a...
doi.org
August 31, 2026 at 7:35 AM
#Climatechange is shifting where #pollinators live, but not all pollinators do equal work. This new study pairs species distribution models with pollen deposition data to track mango pollinators in South Africa, finding declines in both pollinator numbers and pollination service under climate change
#Metabarcoding of 2,000+ aquatic #invertebrates from Czech fish ponds uncovered 66 microsporidian OTUs - over 95% with no match to known species! Shared OTUs across host #taxa hint at multi-host strategies, revealing huge hidden diversity of these parasites in freshwater. 🦠
doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
Microsporidian diversity and host associations in aquatic invertebrate communities of South Bohemian fish ponds revealed by metabarcoding
Microsporidians are highly specialised intracellular parasites adapted to an obligate parasitic lifestyle. Although more than 1,500 species have been described to date, their true diversity is likely ...
doi.org
August 28, 2026 at 9:55 AM
#Metabarcoding of 2,000+ aquatic #invertebrates from Czech fish ponds uncovered 66 microsporidian OTUs - over 95% with no match to known species! Shared OTUs across host #taxa hint at multi-host strategies, revealing huge hidden diversity of these parasites in freshwater. 🦠
doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
Last chance to catch us at the 15th European Conference on Ecological Restoration #SERE2026!
👋 @pensoft.net is in Brest, France, through August 28 - swing by, say hello, and check out our diverse journal portfolio and what we've been working on before we head back! 🌍📚
👋 @pensoft.net is in Brest, France, through August 28 - swing by, say hello, and check out our diverse journal portfolio and what we've been working on before we head back! 🌍📚
August 27, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Last chance to catch us at the 15th European Conference on Ecological Restoration #SERE2026!
👋 @pensoft.net is in Brest, France, through August 28 - swing by, say hello, and check out our diverse journal portfolio and what we've been working on before we head back! 🌍📚
👋 @pensoft.net is in Brest, France, through August 28 - swing by, say hello, and check out our diverse journal portfolio and what we've been working on before we head back! 🌍📚
Meet @pensoft.net at #SERE2026 in Brest, France, through August 28! 👋
Our team is on the road again and would love to share more about our work, and connect with fellow researchers, practitioners, and restoration enthusiasts.
Our team is on the road again and would love to share more about our work, and connect with fellow researchers, practitioners, and restoration enthusiasts.
August 24, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Meet @pensoft.net at #SERE2026 in Brest, France, through August 28! 👋
Our team is on the road again and would love to share more about our work, and connect with fellow researchers, practitioners, and restoration enthusiasts.
Our team is on the road again and would love to share more about our work, and connect with fellow researchers, practitioners, and restoration enthusiasts.
🎉We are pleased to announce that the journal Metabarcoding and Metagenomics is now also on #LinkedIn.
👉Follow us there to stay up to date on the latest #research findings, news, and events related to the journal: www.linkedin.com/showcase/met...
👉Follow us there to stay up to date on the latest #research findings, news, and events related to the journal: www.linkedin.com/showcase/met...
August 24, 2026 at 1:56 PM
🎉We are pleased to announce that the journal Metabarcoding and Metagenomics is now also on #LinkedIn.
👉Follow us there to stay up to date on the latest #research findings, news, and events related to the journal: www.linkedin.com/showcase/met...
👉Follow us there to stay up to date on the latest #research findings, news, and events related to the journal: www.linkedin.com/showcase/met...
🔑 We were delighted to attend a keynote lecture by Chair of our Advisory Board, Paul Hebert, at #BioSyst2026, on how DNA barcoding and biomonitoring could complete the inventory of Earth's species within two decades!
@systassn.bsky.social
@systassn.bsky.social
August 18, 2026 at 9:41 AM
🔑 We were delighted to attend a keynote lecture by Chair of our Advisory Board, Paul Hebert, at #BioSyst2026, on how DNA barcoding and biomonitoring could complete the inventory of Earth's species within two decades!
@systassn.bsky.social
@systassn.bsky.social
💻 We loved attending Daniel Lundin's talk at #BioSyst2026 on nf-core/ampliseq and nf-core/phyloplace, automated Nextflow pipelines making biodiversity bioinformatics more accessible.
👉 Lundin is an author in our journal! Check out his co-authored paper here: mbmg.pensoft.net/article/84960/
👉 Lundin is an author in our journal! Check out his co-authored paper here: mbmg.pensoft.net/article/84960/
August 18, 2026 at 7:46 AM
💻 We loved attending Daniel Lundin's talk at #BioSyst2026 on nf-core/ampliseq and nf-core/phyloplace, automated Nextflow pipelines making biodiversity bioinformatics more accessible.
👉 Lundin is an author in our journal! Check out his co-authored paper here: mbmg.pensoft.net/article/84960/
👉 Lundin is an author in our journal! Check out his co-authored paper here: mbmg.pensoft.net/article/84960/
🐝 Delighted to have welcomed Alexander Edwards to the @pensoft.net booth at #BioSyst2026 yesterday!
📄 Alexander is an author on a paper in our journal: mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1419...
👉 Access his guest blog post here: blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/11/t...
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📄 Alexander is an author on a paper in our journal: mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1419...
👉 Access his guest blog post here: blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/11/t...
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August 18, 2026 at 5:46 AM
🐝 Delighted to have welcomed Alexander Edwards to the @pensoft.net booth at #BioSyst2026 yesterday!
📄 Alexander is an author on a paper in our journal: mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1419...
👉 Access his guest blog post here: blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/11/t...
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📄 Alexander is an author on a paper in our journal: mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1419...
👉 Access his guest blog post here: blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/11/t...
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🎉 It was a pleasure to meet Oleksandr Holovachov at #biosyst2026!
👉 Holovachov is an author in our journal - you can access their paper focusing on the Store Mosse National Park in the south of Sweden here: mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1113...
@systassn.bsky.social
👉 Holovachov is an author in our journal - you can access their paper focusing on the Store Mosse National Park in the south of Sweden here: mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1113...
@systassn.bsky.social
August 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
🎉 It was a pleasure to meet Oleksandr Holovachov at #biosyst2026!
👉 Holovachov is an author in our journal - you can access their paper focusing on the Store Mosse National Park in the south of Sweden here: mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1113...
@systassn.bsky.social
👉 Holovachov is an author in our journal - you can access their paper focusing on the Store Mosse National Park in the south of Sweden here: mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1113...
@systassn.bsky.social
📢 We're at the 4th BioSyst.EU Meeting in Uppsala, Sweden - #biosyst2026!
🤝 Stop by the @pensoft.net booth to learn more about our journal.
@systassn.bsky.social
🤝 Stop by the @pensoft.net booth to learn more about our journal.
@systassn.bsky.social
August 17, 2026 at 10:19 AM
📢 We're at the 4th BioSyst.EU Meeting in Uppsala, Sweden - #biosyst2026!
🤝 Stop by the @pensoft.net booth to learn more about our journal.
@systassn.bsky.social
🤝 Stop by the @pensoft.net booth to learn more about our journal.
@systassn.bsky.social
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Pensoft is heading to Nordic Oikos-GfÖ 2026! 👀
📍Where? - Odense, Denmark
🗓️When? - 13-17 September
👉Learn more: aem.pensoft.net/news/1443
@nordicoikos.bsky.social, @gfoesoc.bsky.social, @obsgession.eu
📍Where? - Odense, Denmark
🗓️When? - 13-17 September
👉Learn more: aem.pensoft.net/news/1443
@nordicoikos.bsky.social, @gfoesoc.bsky.social, @obsgession.eu
Pensoft to Attend Nordic Oikos-GfÖ 2026 in Odense, Denmark
Pensoft is heading to the Nordic Oikos-GfÖ 2026 conference, taking place 13-17 September in Odense, Denmark. Organised jointly by the Nordic Society Oikos and the Ecological Society of Germany, A...
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August 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Pensoft is heading to Nordic Oikos-GfÖ 2026! 👀
📍Where? - Odense, Denmark
🗓️When? - 13-17 September
👉Learn more: aem.pensoft.net/news/1443
@nordicoikos.bsky.social, @gfoesoc.bsky.social, @obsgession.eu
📍Where? - Odense, Denmark
🗓️When? - 13-17 September
👉Learn more: aem.pensoft.net/news/1443
@nordicoikos.bsky.social, @gfoesoc.bsky.social, @obsgession.eu
📢 Just days left! @pensoft.net is packing for Uppsala - join our team at the 4th BioSyst EU meeting (17-19 Aug) to explore our open-access journals and chat with our team about publishing your research with us.
Details: mbmg.pensoft.net/news/1353
#BioSystEU2026
Details: mbmg.pensoft.net/news/1353
#BioSystEU2026
Pensoft to attend the 4th BioSyst EU meeting in Uppsala, Sweden
Between 17-19 August 2026, Pensoft will exhibit at the 4th BioSyst EU meeting, taking place in Uppsala, Sweden. The conference is organized by the Swedish Systematics Association.The three-day confere...
mbmg.pensoft.net
August 13, 2026 at 8:40 AM
📢 Just days left! @pensoft.net is packing for Uppsala - join our team at the 4th BioSyst EU meeting (17-19 Aug) to explore our open-access journals and chat with our team about publishing your research with us.
Details: mbmg.pensoft.net/news/1353
#BioSystEU2026
Details: mbmg.pensoft.net/news/1353
#BioSystEU2026
New study builds Hong Kong's first #mayfly #DNAbarcode library: 146 sequences, 53 BINs, 7 possible new species. Combining morphology + genetics, researchers found mayfly diversity drops sharply with urbanisation. This library will help power future eDNA biomonitoring of #freshwater habitats:
The Hong Kong mayfly (Ephemeroptera) DNA barcode library: Integrative taxonomy enables regional species inventories and highlights the effect of urbanization on species loss
Freshwater biodiversity underpins ecosystem functioning but is rapidly declining due to urbanization and habitat modification, particularly in Southeast Asia where accurate species inventories remain ...
doi.org
August 12, 2026 at 2:36 PM
New study builds Hong Kong's first #mayfly #DNAbarcode library: 146 sequences, 53 BINs, 7 possible new species. Combining morphology + genetics, researchers found mayfly diversity drops sharply with urbanisation. This library will help power future eDNA biomonitoring of #freshwater habitats:
🧬 #iBOL2026 is heading to Bangkok, Thailand, from 2 to 6 November!
⏰ Early bird registration has been extended to 14 August, so register now to save.
🔗 Find out more by visiting our latest news announcement: mbmg.pensoft.net/news/1428
⏰ Early bird registration has been extended to 14 August, so register now to save.
🔗 Find out more by visiting our latest news announcement: mbmg.pensoft.net/news/1428
August 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
🧬 #iBOL2026 is heading to Bangkok, Thailand, from 2 to 6 November!
⏰ Early bird registration has been extended to 14 August, so register now to save.
🔗 Find out more by visiting our latest news announcement: mbmg.pensoft.net/news/1428
⏰ Early bird registration has been extended to 14 August, so register now to save.
🔗 Find out more by visiting our latest news announcement: mbmg.pensoft.net/news/1428
Not all fermented drinks are made equal. #DNA sequencing of 7 manufacturers revealed one had 84% potentially harmful microbes - while others were nearly all beneficial.
This new study shows why microbial monitoring needs an urgent upgrade: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
This new study shows why microbial monitoring needs an urgent upgrade: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
High-throughput microbiome profiling of fermented grain drinks: insights across manufacturers and batches
Microbial communities underpin the safety, consistency, and functional properties of fermented foods; however, traditional culture-based methods can result in poorly characterized communities across m...
doi.org
August 10, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Not all fermented drinks are made equal. #DNA sequencing of 7 manufacturers revealed one had 84% potentially harmful microbes - while others were nearly all beneficial.
This new study shows why microbial monitoring needs an urgent upgrade: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
This new study shows why microbial monitoring needs an urgent upgrade: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...