BioGeoSCAPES Meeting (2021)

Jesse McNichol, Postdoc, Fuhrman Lab

University of Southern California

Progress & prospects for using universal primers for biogeography and modelling

Universal (3-domain) primers

• Goal: measure abundance of organisms across time / space
  • 515Y / 926R primers target all cellular life

Fraction of MG perfectly matching primer

Recovering quantitative gene copy numbers

Analysis led by Yi-Chun Yeh (PhD candidate)

Profile from GEOTRACES (GA03)

Model-data intercomparison (GA03)