Which Tests Can be Used With Which Kit?
We offer four main kit types: Aquatic, Soil, Sediment, and Tissue.
Each kit is used to produce a single sample and is compatible with specific tests.
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Tests for Aquatic Kit and Aquatic Kit for Pump |
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| Multi-species Metabarcoding | Single Species -qPCR | Single Species -qPCR |
| Freshwater bivalves (excl. Unionid mussels) |
Zebra mussel (*Dreissena polymorpha*)
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Crayfish plague (*Aphanomyces astaci*)
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| Freshwater fish |
Whiteclawed crayfish (*Austropotamobius pallipes*)
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Chytrid fungus (*Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans*)
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| Freshwater insects |
Silver shiner (*Notropis photogenis*)
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Chytrid fungus (*Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis*)
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| Freshwater Unionid mussels |
Signal crayfish (*Pacifastacus leniusculus*)
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Chinese mitten crab (*Eriocheir sinensis*)
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| Freshwater mammals |
Round whitefish (*Prosopium cylindraceaum*)
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Burbot (*Lota lota*)
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| Freshwater vertebrates |
Redside dace (*Clinostomus elongatus*)
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Brown trout (*Salmo trutta*)
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| Marine water eukaryotes |
Rainbow trout (*Onchorynchus mykiss*)
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Brook trout (*Salvelinus fontinalis*)
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| Marine water fish |
Lake sturgeon (*Acipenser fulvescens*)
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Blanding’s turtle (*Emydoidea blandingii*)
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| Marine water invertebrates |
Great crested newt (*Triturus cristatus*) *(not for UK licensing)*
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Atlantic herring (*Clupea harengus*)
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| Marine water mammals |
European eel (*Anguilla anguilla*)
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Arctic char (*Salvelinus alpinus*)
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| Marine water vertebrates |
Dreissenid mussels *(genus level)*
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| Metabarcoding Tests Available for the Tissue Kits | |
| Marine invertebrates *(from tissue samples)* | Marine eukaryotes *(from tissue samples)* |
| Freshwater invertebrates *(from tissue samples)* | Marine bacteria *(from tissue samples)* |
| Terrestrial invertebrates *(from tissue samples)* | |
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Metabarcoding Tests Available for the Soil Kits |
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| Soil invertebrates | Soil bacteria |
| Soil fungi | |
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Metabarcoding Tests Available for the Sediment Kits |
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| Marine sediment invertebrates | Marine sediment bacteria |
| Marine sediment eukaryotes | |