Development and Improvement of Next Generation Sequencing Pipelines for Mixed and Bulk Samples of German Fauna
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Development and Improvement of Next Generation Sequencing Pipelines for Mixed and Bulk Samples of German Fauna Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.) der Fakultät für Biologie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Vorgelegt von Laura Anne Hardulak München, 2020 Diese Dissertation wurde angefertigt unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Gerhard Haszprunar im Bereich von der Zoologische Staatssammlung München an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Haszprunar 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Roland Melzer Tag der Abgabe: 23.07.2020 Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 12.10.2020 Eidesstattliche Erklärung Ich versichere hiermit an Eides statt, dass die vorgelegte Dissertation von mir selbständig und ohne unerlaubte Hilfe angefertigt ist. München, den 16.6.2020 ____________________________ Laura Anne Hardulak Erklärung Hiermit erkläre ich, dass die Dissertation nicht ganz oder in wesentlichen Teilen einer anderen Prüfungskommission vorgelegt worden ist und dass ich mich anderweitig einer Doktorprüfung ohne Erfolg nicht unterzogen habe. München, den 16.6.2020 ____________________________ Laura Anne Hardulak Work presented in this dissertation was performed in the laboratory of Dr. Gerhard Haszprunar, Director of the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Munich, Germany. Work was performed under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Gerhard Haszprunar, Director of Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Munich, Germany and Dr. Axel Hausmann, Head of Department Entomology of the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Munich, Germany. Table of Contents 5 Abbreviations .......................................................................................................................... 1 List of publications and Declaration of contribution as a co-author .......................................... 2 Summary ................................................................................................................................ 3 Abstract (English) ................................................................................................................ 3 Abstract (German) .............................................................................................................. 4 General Introduction ............................................................................................................... 5 Biodiversity Monitoring ........................................................................................................ 5 Taxonomic Impediment ....................................................................................................... 9 DNA Barcoding ..................................................................................................................11 DNA Metabarcoding ...........................................................................................................17 Summary of Results ...........................................................................................................28 General Discussion ...............................................................................................................33 References ............................................................................................................................44 Appendices ...........................................................................................................................51 Publication I - DNA metabarcoding for biodiversity monitoring in a national park: screening for invasive and pest species .............................................................................................51 Publication II - A DNA barcode library for 5,200 German flies and midges (Insecta: Diptera) and its implications for metabarcoding‐based Biomonitoring ..............................................68 Publication III - DNA Barcoding in Forensic Entomology – Establishing a DNA Reference Library of Potentially Forensic Relevant Arthropod Species ...............................................98 Publication IV - High Throughput Sequencing as a novel quality control method for industrial yeast starter cultures ......................................................................................... 108 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................. 115 Abbreviations BIN……………………………………….…….…………………………….…….Barcode Index Number BOLD………………………………………….…………….…………………..Barcode of Life Database bp…………………………..……………………………….…….…….…………....……...……..base pair eDNA…………………………………………………..…….…….environmental Deoxyribonucleic Acid GMTP………….……..………………………………..……………….…..Global Malaise Trap Program HTS………….......................................................................................High Throughput Sequencing LGL…………….………..……………..….…..Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit MOTU ……………...………………….…………..…………… Molecular Operational Taxonomic Unit NGS…………………………………….……………….…………….…….Next Generation Sequencing NJ……………...…….…..……………….………………….……………………….…...Neighbor Joining NPBW …………..………………………………………..……..……. .Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald OTU ………………..………………………………….….…………….…...Operational Taxonomic Unit PMI …………………..………………………………….………………..………..….Postmortem interval rDNA…………………………………………………….………..……..ribosomal Deoxyribonucleic Acid ZSM …………...….....………………………..……….…….... Zoologische Staatssammlung München 1 List of publications and Declaration of contribution as a co-author Publication I: “DNA metabarcoding for biodiversity monitoring in a national park: screening for invasive and pest species” Laura Hardulak performed a majority of the laboratory work (sample preparation, DNA extraction, PCRs, and NGS library preparation) for samples collected in 2016. For samples collected in 2018, Laura assisted Jerome Morinière and Dr. Axel Hausmann in supervising the laboratory work, designed the extraction method comparison tests and performed a major portion of them in the laboratory. Laura was responsible for implementing a customized bioinformatic pipeline, performed all statistical tests, generated all plots, and wrote a majority of the manuscript. Publication II: “A DNA barcode library for 5,200 German flies and midges (Insecta: Diptera) and its implications for metabarcoding-based biomonitoring” Laura Hardulak performed the bioinformatic analysis of sequence data for the metabarcoded samples, implementing a customized pipeline for obtaining OTUs from raw NGS data. Laura ran the Automated Barcode Gap Discovery analysis on the generated OTUs, created the presence-absence diagrams, contributed to writing the metabarcoding and data analysis section of the paper, and provided English language editing. Publication III: “DNA Barcoding in Forensic Entomology – Establishing a DNA Reference Library of Potentially Forensic Relevant Arthropod Species” Laura Hardulak participated in support and supervision of the field setup and laboratory work (preparing bulk samples for NGS). Laura performed the bioinformatic analysis of sequence data for the metabarcoded samples, implementing a customized pipeline for processing raw NGS sequence data into OTUs with molecular taxonomic identifications. Laura oversaw the subsequent analysis of the data, wrote a section of the paper on data analysis, and contributed edits to the final manuscript. Publication IV: “High Throughput Sequencing as a novel quality control method for industrial yeast starter cultures” Laura Hardulak collaborated with TUM researchers in designing the experiment, and assisted in supervision of the laboratory work to prepare yeast samples for NGS. Laura performed the bioinformatic analysis of the NGS sequence data, wrote the bioinformatics secion of the paper, and provided English language editing. 2 Summary Abstract (English) As a relatively new technology, DNA metabarcoding has already shown potential for a wide variety of practical applications. Biodiversity monitoring is a discipline of particular importance currently, as hundreds or thousands of species become extinct each year, and most extant species remain undescribed. Metabarcoding can greatly assist in increasing the speed and decreasing the cost of large-scale biodiversity monitoring campaigns, but development and improvement of techniques involved in the steps of a metabarcoding pipeline, from DNA extraction through taxonomic identification of sequence data, are still needed. Projects presented in this thesis cover a range of applications of DNA metabarcoding, from biodiversity monitoring of terrestrial invertebrates, to forensic entomology, reverse taxonomy, and the quality control of food, beverage, and novel food products. A multi-year biomonitoring survey with a special focus on early detection of invasive and/or pest species was conducted in the largest national park in Europe. Results demonstrate the effectiveness of metabarcoding for characterizing biodiversity patterns and phenologies, with Principal Component Analyses and ANOSIM tests showing a significant difference in BIN compositions between groups of samples taken from inside of versus outside of the park, for each of the two study years (2016 r = 0.2, p = 2e-04; 2018 r = 0.239, p = 1e-04). Results of the same study also provide support for employing multiple methods of DNA extraction from bulk samples (i.e. homogenizing the specimens themselves, and utilization of the preservative ethanol as a source of genetic material), as well as combining multiple reference sequence databases, in order