Soil (multi-species)

Metabarcoding products for detecting a broad range of species in terrestrial soil systems, such as agricultural land, woodland, forest and grassland.

Not for use with freshwater or marine water sediment. For sediment tests, please see our marine water sediment collection.

Please select the correct kit for the country in which you are surveying. The 'UK / EU+' kit is for use only in the UK, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and the 27 EU member countries. Use the 'outside UK / EU+' kit if you are sampling outside of these countries. A full list of 'UK / EU+' countries is detailed at the bottom of this page.

Key info and overview of all soil tests available at the bottom of this page. Scroll down below the product options to read key info on each test, plus an overview of our marine water offering.

 

What do I receive?

For each product purchased, you will receive:

  • One sampling kit, to collect / store / transport your eDNA
  • One report per test ('assay')

Kit options

Please select the correct kit for the country in which you are surveying.

The 'UK / EU+' kit must be used when taking samples in the UK, Liechtenstein, Switzerland or any of the 27 EU member countries.

The 'outside UK / EU+' kit is to be used when taking samples from a country outside of the UK, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, or the 27 EU member countries.

Regional considerations

All soil tests (assays) can be used in terrestrial soil systems across the globe.

Please purchase the correct kit for the country in which you are sampling. See 'kit options' above for info.

Click on product names for more info

Click on a product name to go to the info page for that product.
Use the filters & 'sort by' to select your desired combination of kits + tests.
Each product consists of 1 kit + 1 report for each test.
Desired product combination not available? Please get in touch and we'll gladly set it up for you.

14 products

Soil tests - key info

Invertebrates

Detects communities such as nematodes, platyhelminths, annelid worms and some arthropods.

Generally identifies to family or genus level.

Fungi

Detects indicator groups such as waxcaps*, 'CHEGD**' fungi, as well as the wider assemblages of ectomycorrhizal fungi, yeasts, and mushrooms. Generally identifies to family or genus level. Does not perform well for detecting arbuscular or orchid mycorrhizal fungi.

*Nearly 90 per cent of all waxcap species are on one or more European national Red Lists for threatened fungi. 

**CHEGD stands for: Clavarioids (spindles, club and coral fungi); Hygrocybe genus (waxcaps); Entoloma (pinkgills); Geoglossum and relatives (earthtongues); and Dermoloma and relatives (crazed caps).

Bacteria

Assess the community composition of the microbiome of your sample. Detects 99% of the bacteria in your sample. Generally identifies to the taxonomic level of 'family' or higher.

Soil tests - overview

Kit instructions

Kit instructions available here.

UK / EU+ countries

UK / EU+ countries: UK, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and all 27 EU member countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.