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Temporary Dataset Download: Soil biodiversity - DNA Bacteria and Fungi

Dataset Access Expires on

02-July-2026

Notifications

  1. The data provided has been prepared for use by internal research activities in the Joint Research Centre (JRC) Ispra in collaboration with University of Zurich and University of Tartu . In addition, other research organisations have participated in this research:  Agroscope Reckenholz, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala (SE), MWSchmid GmbH (CH). The research activities support the LUCAS soil campaign. The LUCAS Soil sample collection is supported by the Directorate‐General Environment (DG‐ENV), Directorate‐General Agriculture and Rural Development (DG‐AGRI) and Directorate‐General Climate Action (DG‐CLIMA) of the European Commission. 
  2. The data are the result of JRC research activities and are primarily made available for further research. The JRC does not accept any liability whatsoever for any error, missing data or omission in the data, or for any loss or damage arising from its use. The JRC agrees to provide the data free of charge but is not bound to justify the content and values contained in the databases.
  3. The permission to use the data specified above is granted on condition that, under NO CIRCUMSTANCES are these data passed to third parties. They can be used for any purpose, including commercial gain.
  4. In case the data are used for EU assessments, you are kindly request to inform the JRC.
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    • make proper reference to the source of the data when disseminating the results to which this agreement relates;
    • Participate in the verification of the data (e.g. by noting and reporting any errors or omissions discovered to the JRC).

Data available  (DNA sequences):

To download dataset large files, we recommend using the Firefox browser

Bacterial 16S data download: 16S_1  16S_2  16S_3  16S_4  16S_5 (total 43 GB)
Fungal ITS data  (4.2 GB)
 
All R scripts (ESDAC_R_scripts_LUCAS_Biod.zip) used for the analyses presented in Labouyrie et al. are available for download. Associated README document mentions the libraries needed and the purposes of each script in the workflow.
 
Reference:
Labouyrie, M., Ballabio, C., Romero, F., Panagos, P., Jones, A.,  Schmid, M., Mikryukov, V., Dulya, O., Tedersoo, L., Bahram, M., Lugato, E., van der Heijden, M.G.A., Orgiazzi, A. 2023. Patterns in soil microbial diversity across Europe. Nature Communications. 14, Article number: 3311,  doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37937-4

Labouyrie, M., Ballabio, C., Romero, F., Panagos, P., Jones, A.,  Schmid, M., Mikryukov, V., Dulya, O., Tedersoo, L., Bahram, M., Lugato, E., van der Heijden, M.G.A., Orgiazzi, A. 2023. Patterns in soil microbial diversity across Europe. Nature Communications. 14, Article number: 3311,  doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37937-4

Joint Research Centre - European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
ID 130306
Date - Time Thu, 06/18/2026 - 11:56
Name of User Bernardo Barosa da Silva
Organization University of Bologna
Type of Organization University
-- Other
E-mail bernardo.barosa@unibo.it
Purpose To carry out research based on a Expert contract with the JRC
Notes

When making reference to the ESDAC

  • Panagos, P., Van Liedekerke, M., Borrelli, P., Köninger, J., Ballabio, C., Orgiazzi, A., Lugato, E., Liakos, L., Hervas, J., Jones, A.  Montanarella, L. 2022. European Soil Data Centre 2.0: Soil data and knowledge in support of the EU policies. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(6), e13315. DOI: 10.1111/ejss.13315
  • Panagos P., Van Liedekerke M., Jones A., Montanarella L., “European Soil Data Centre: Response to European policy support and public data requirements”; (2012) Land Use Policy, 29 (2), pp. 329-338. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.07.003
  • European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC), esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu, European Commission, Joint Research Centre