Identify the species behind your sample

Sanger sequencing of organism-specific defined DNA barcode regions is still state-of-the-art for speciation analyses. It is widely used in the scientific community (including, the barcode of life consortium) and for quality control in industry.

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• Microbial barcoding for bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi and algae
• Animal barcoding for land vertebrates, fishes and seafood
• Plant barcoding
• Insect barcoding

All analyses are conducted at our ISO 9001:2015 and good laboratory practice (GLP) certified, state-of-the-art facility. To date, we have successfully completed numerous projects using our optimised workflows and established pipelines.

Our species identification studies help clients determine the authenticity and origin of biological samples, enabling accurate species-level identification and supporting further investigation. We have successfully completed more than 80 species identification projects across a wide range of sample types.

We also offer a variety of services for bacterial and fungal identification, species authentication, and the analysis of plant, insect, animal, and other biological species using our validated methodologies.

Identification of bacterial/fungal species in your sample

Sequencing of 16S rRNA or the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region helps determine bacterial or fungal species in a pure culture.

The bacterial 16S rRNA and the fungal ITS region are considered as the DNA barcodes for reliable microbial speciation and numerous sequences were deposited in the public NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) and Barcode of Life Databases (BOLD). 

Our full service for microbial DNA Barcoding includes:

• DNA extraction from pure cultures
• Amplification of bacterial 16S rDNA (~1,400bp) or fungal ITS region (500-600 bp)
• Double-strand DNA sequencing
• BLAST search
• Preparation of an official report