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eDNA Taxonomy Pipeline

May 2, 2026

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a ubiquitous method for assessing ecological diversity and detecting species of concern. Yet, vetting of taxonomic assignments often proceeds in a “black box,” lacking reproducibility and requiring labor-intensive quality checks.

This software provides a fully reproducible, automated workflow to generate consensus taxonomies for Exact Sequence Variants (ESVs) using accession matches from NCBI or custom reference libraries.

Publication Year 2026
Title eDNA Taxonomy Pipeline
DOI 10.5066/P1VADE3Q
Authors Eliza (Contractor) D Stein, Tabitha A Graves
Product Type Software Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK) Headquarters
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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