NA 119

DIN Standards Committee Water Practice

Project

Water quality — Guidance on laboratory procedures for the mechanical homogenization and DNA extraction of aquatic macroinvertebrate samples

Abstract

Standardization of procedures to mechanically homogenize aquatic macroinvertebrate specimens collected in the context of, e.g., biodiversity assessments and regulatory biomonitoring of inland surface waters, and subsequent DNA extraction, including terminology, laboratory requirements, contamination avoidance, quality control, recommendation of devices, voucher and DNA storage.

Begin

2025-08-27

WI

00230477

Planned document number

DIN EN ISO 25807

Project number

11905113

Responsible national committee

NA 119-09-05-14 AK - eDNA, DNA and RNA methods  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 230/WG 28 - DNA and eDNA methods  

Responsible international committee

ISO/TC 147/SC 5/WG 13 - eDNA, DNA and RNA methods  

Contact

Ralph Dominik

Am DIN-Platz, Burggrafenstr. 6
10787 Berlin

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