ArticlePeerJ2021
eDNAir: proof of concept that animal DNA can be collected from air sampling.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Car-Mounted Airborne eDNA Sampling Detects Landscape Scale Biodiversity Turnover Along Environmental Gradients.Molecular ecology resources · 2026Article
- A Comparison between Passive airDNA Collection and Extraction Methods on the Recovered Terrestrial Vertebrate Assemblage.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- A Breath of Fresh Air: A Novel Passive Airborne eDNA Approach for Scalable Terrestrial Biodiversity Monitoring.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Widespread adoption of environmental DNA (eDNA)-based biodiversity monitoring in Canada will depend on trust more than on education: insights from a SWOT analysis.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2026Article
- Passive air sampling detects environmental DNA transfer from water into air.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Surveying tropical faunal diversity via airborne DNA analyses.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A pilot study using eDNA collected from soil and active air samplers to detect terrestrial vertebrates in an open grassland habitat of central Queensland, Australia.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- From air to insight: the evolution of airborne DNA sequencing technologies.Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2025Review
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- No pump, no problem: evaluating passive eDNA sampling for marine biomonitoring of a nuisance macroalga.PeerJ · 2025Article
- Forensic identification using airDNA: a preliminary study on the collection, isolation, amplification and sequencing of human DNA from air samples.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Identification of potential insect ecological interactions using a metabarcoding approach.PeerJ · 2025Article
- Genomics for monitoring and understanding species responses to global climate change.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2024Review
- An eDNA-based assessment ofEcology and evolution · 2024Article
- The invisible witness: air and dust as DNA evidence of human occupancy in indoor premises.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Inadvertent human genomic bycatch and intentional capture raise beneficial applications and ethical concerns with environmental DNA.Nature ecology & evolution · 2023Article
- An Environmental DNA Primer for Microbial and Restoration Ecology.Microbial ecology · 2023Review
- Pilot study of a comprehensive resource estimation method from environmental DNA using universal D-loop amplification primers.Functional & integrative genomics · 2023Article
- Comparative study of multiple approaches for identifying cultivable microalgae population diversity from freshwater samples.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is one of the fastest developing tools for species biomonitoring and ecological research. However, despite substantial interest from research, commercial and regulatory sectors, it has remained primarily a tool for aquatic systems with a small amount of work in substances such as soil, snow and rain. Here we demonstrate that eDNA can be collected from air and used to identify mammals. Our proof of concept successfully demonstrated that eDNA sampled from air contained mixed templates which reflect the species known to be present within a confined space and that this material can be accessed using existing sampling methods. We anticipate this demonstration will initiate a much larger research programme in terrestrial airDNA sampling and that this may rapidly advance biomonitoring approaches. Lastly, we outline these and potential related applications we expect to benefit from this development.
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