The PortaLyzer, a DIY tool that allows environmental DNA extraction in the field
The PortaLyzer is a portable homemade device that allows researchers to perform bead-beating steps commonly found in environmental DNA (eDNA) extraction protocols in the field without access to power. This allows researchers to preserve in situ organism abundance by beginning eDNA extraction quickly...
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| description | The PortaLyzer is a portable homemade device that allows researchers to perform bead-beating steps commonly found in environmental DNA (eDNA) extraction protocols in the field without access to power. This allows researchers to preserve in situ organism abundance by beginning eDNA extraction quickly. The PortaLyzer is composed of a variable speed, battery-powered multi-tool and a vortexer adapter plate. We used the PortaLyzer, in conjunction with the Qiagen DNEasy PowerSoil Pro kit, to successfully field process samples taken from the forelands of the Sólheimajökull and Kvíárjökull glaciers in Iceland, as well as soil samples acquired from a prairie in Indiana. Additionally, we provide evidence that samples held in Buffer CD2 of the DNEasy PowerSoil Pro Kit may be transported to traditional lab spaces and processed up to one month after the initial protocol steps, and still provide an equivalent DNA quality and abundance yield as those processed the same day. These improvements to DNA extraction protocols give researchers more flexibility while sampling, shipping and processing eDNA samples. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6314e75efb04af88577883191560a092022-12-22T03:52:01ZengElsevierHardwareX2468-06722022-10-0112e00373The PortaLyzer, a DIY tool that allows environmental DNA extraction in the fieldCharlie Peck0Faith Jackobs1Emmett Smith2Computer Science - Earlham College, 801 National Road West, Richmond, IN 47374, United States; Quantitative and Computational Biosciences Program, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, United States; Biology - Earlham College, 801 National Road West, Richmond, IN 47374, United StatesComputer Science - Earlham College, 801 National Road West, Richmond, IN 47374, United States; Quantitative and Computational Biosciences Program, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, United States; Biology - Earlham College, 801 National Road West, Richmond, IN 47374, United StatesCorresponding author.; Computer Science - Earlham College, 801 National Road West, Richmond, IN 47374, United States; Quantitative and Computational Biosciences Program, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, United States; Biology - Earlham College, 801 National Road West, Richmond, IN 47374, United StatesThe PortaLyzer is a portable homemade device that allows researchers to perform bead-beating steps commonly found in environmental DNA (eDNA) extraction protocols in the field without access to power. This allows researchers to preserve in situ organism abundance by beginning eDNA extraction quickly. The PortaLyzer is composed of a variable speed, battery-powered multi-tool and a vortexer adapter plate. We used the PortaLyzer, in conjunction with the Qiagen DNEasy PowerSoil Pro kit, to successfully field process samples taken from the forelands of the Sólheimajökull and Kvíárjökull glaciers in Iceland, as well as soil samples acquired from a prairie in Indiana. Additionally, we provide evidence that samples held in Buffer CD2 of the DNEasy PowerSoil Pro Kit may be transported to traditional lab spaces and processed up to one month after the initial protocol steps, and still provide an equivalent DNA quality and abundance yield as those processed the same day. These improvements to DNA extraction protocols give researchers more flexibility while sampling, shipping and processing eDNA samples.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067222001183Environmental DNAField DNA extractionBead-beatingPortable |
| spellingShingle | Charlie Peck Faith Jackobs Emmett Smith The PortaLyzer, a DIY tool that allows environmental DNA extraction in the field HardwareX Environmental DNA Field DNA extraction Bead-beating Portable |
| title | The PortaLyzer, a DIY tool that allows environmental DNA extraction in the field |
| title_full | The PortaLyzer, a DIY tool that allows environmental DNA extraction in the field |
| title_fullStr | The PortaLyzer, a DIY tool that allows environmental DNA extraction in the field |
| title_full_unstemmed | The PortaLyzer, a DIY tool that allows environmental DNA extraction in the field |
| title_short | The PortaLyzer, a DIY tool that allows environmental DNA extraction in the field |
| title_sort | portalyzer a diy tool that allows environmental dna extraction in the field |
| topic | Environmental DNA Field DNA extraction Bead-beating Portable |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067222001183 |
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