{"id":184,"date":"2017-12-14T18:23:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T17:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genoscreen.fr\/identification-molecular-barcoding\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T16:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:03:28","slug":"molecular-barcoding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.genoscreen.fr\/en\/genomic-services\/sequencing\/sanger-sequencing\/molecular-barcoding\/","title":{"rendered":"Molecular barcoding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Molecular barcoding<\/strong> (DNA barcoding) is a <strong>molecular taxonomy<\/strong> technique used to <strong>identify and genetically characterise<\/strong> a sample from a <strong>ubiquitous gene, generally belonging to the ribosomal, mitochondrial or chloroplast genome<\/strong> (COI, 16S, rbcL, etc.).<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DNA barcoding applications<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DNA barcoding can be used to:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Identify species<\/strong> from an <strong>isolated sample<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Compare several samples from the same species<\/strong> or <strong>closely related species<\/strong> (<strong>phylogeny<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-04478499 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-elementor-28-fc-130-color has-elementor-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:contact@genoscreen.fr?subject=(Services-Barcoding%20mol&#xE9;culaire)\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px\">Contact us to learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Identification by DNA barcoding<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GenoScreen offers a complete <strong>molecular barcoding<\/strong> service and can handle your samples from DNA extraction onwards.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Identification of isolated micro-organisms<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Identification of animal or plant species<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For complex inital matrices (e.g. assemblies of<strong> bacterial populations<\/strong>), GenoScreen develops <strong>metabarcoding<\/strong> solutions using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genoscreen.fr\/en\/genomic-services\/sequencing\/next-generation-sequencing-ngs\/\">NGS<\/a> <strong>amplicon sequencing<\/strong> to obtain screenings of samples: <strong>soil fauna, intestinal flora, coral reefs, etc.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Molecular barcoding (DNA barcoding) is a molecular taxonomy technique used to identify and genetically characterise a sample from a ubiquitous gene, generally belonging to the ribosomal, mitochondrial or chloroplast genome (COI, 16S, rbcL, etc.). 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