Progress
Below you can find progress in development of international standards for various eDNA related applications. These standards are at various stage of development and implementation (we update this quarterly)
| Description | Leads (Country) |
| ISO EN 17805:2023 Sampling, capture and preservation of environmental DNA from water | M-T Werner (Germany), M Traugott (Austria) |
| ISO/NP 25806 Water quality – Guidance on field and laboratory procedures for aquatic macroinvertebrate sample preservation for DNA based analyses | F Leese, (Germany), M-T Werner (Germany) |
| ISO/NP 25807 Water quality – Guidance on laboratory procedures mechanical homogenization and DNA extraction of aquatic macroinvertebrate samples | M-T Werner (Germany) |
| FprEN 13946:2025 Water quality — Guidance standard for the routine sampling and preparation of benthic diatoms from rivers and lakes | M Kelly (UK) |
| ISO/PWI 25605 Water quality – General principles for quality assurance of molecular- biological examination for environmental DNA | S Heeman (Netherlands) |
| Extraction of aquatic environmental DNA (eDNA) from filters | C Abbott (Canada) |
| Target species detection | K Klymus (USA) |
| Metabarcoding to survey biological communities | M Hajibabaei (Canada), D Baird (Canada) |
| DNA extraction for diatoms metabarcoding | B Paix (France), F Rimet (France) |