SIST EN ISO 11063:2020

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 11063:2013
Kakovost tal - Neposredna ekstrakcija DNK iz vzorcev tal (ISO 11063:2020)
Soil quality - Direct extraction of soil DNA (ISO 11063:2020)
Bodenbeschaffenheit - Direkte Extraktion von DNA aus Bodenproben (ISO 11063:2020)
Qualité du sol - Extraction directe de l'ADN du sol (ISO 11063:2020)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 11063:2020
ICS:
13.080.30 Biološke lastnosti tal Biological properties of soils
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 11063
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
October 2020
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.080.30 Supersedes EN ISO 11063:2013
English Version
Soil quality - Direct extraction of soil DNA (ISO
11063:2020)
Qualité du sol - Extraction directe de l'ADN du sol (ISO Bodenbeschaffenheit - Direkte Extraktion von DNA aus
11063:2020) Bodenproben (ISO 11063:2020)
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 11063:2020) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 190 "Soil
quality" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 444 “Environmental characterization of
solid matrices” the secretariat of which is held by NEN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2021, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by April 2021.
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patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 11063:2013.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 11063:2020 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 11063:2020 without any modification.

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 11063
Second edition
2020-09
Soil quality — Direct extraction of
soil DNA
Qualité du sol — Extraction directe de l'ADN du sol
Reference number
ISO 11063:2020(E)
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ISO 11063:2020(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Principle . 1
5 Test materials . 2
5.1 Soil . 2
5.2 Chemicals . 2
5.3 Buffers and reagents . 3
6 Apparatus . 4
7 Procedures . 4
7.1 Preparation of soil samples . 4
7.2 Mechanical and chemical lyses . 4
7.3 Protein precipitation . 4
7.4 Nucleic acid precipitation and washing . 4
7.5 Nucleic acid storage . 5
8 Estimation of soil DNA quality and quantity . 5
8.1 Soil DNA quality and purity . 5
8.2 Soil DNA quantity . 5
9 Validation of the extraction procedure . 5
10 Test report . 6
Annex A (informative) Differences between ISO 11063:2012 and the revised document for
direct extraction of DNA from soil samples . 7
Annex B (informative) Possible methods to purify soil DNA extracts . 8
Bibliography . 9
ISO 11063:2020(E)
Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical committee ISO/TC 190/SC 4, Soil quality, Subcommittee SC 4
Biological characterization
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 11063:2012), which has been technically
revised. The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows (see details in Annex A):
— the amount of soil used (1 g instead of 0,25 g dry mass equivalent);
— the nature and amount of beads (2,5 g of ceramic beads, 2 g of 0,1 mm silica beads and 4 glass beads
instead of 0,5 g of 106 µm glass beads and 2 glass beads);
— the duration of the mechanical lysis (90 s instead of 30 s);
— the salt used to precipitate the proteins (potassium acetate instead of sodium acetate).
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ISO 11063:2020(E)
Introduction
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is an essential component of any living organism coding for enzymes
responsible for any biological activities. The study of DNA sequences from DNA sources extracted from
different matrices, by means of numerous molecular approaches, provides molecular markers that can
be used to sharply distinguish and identify different organisms (bacteria, archaea and eucaryotes).
Up to now, most of the studies aiming to develop microbial soil quality indicators applicable to complex
environments, such as soil, were biased by the unculturability of many microorganisms and the lack of
[1]
sensitivity of traditional microbiological methods. The recent development of numerous molecular
biology methods based primarily on amplification of soil-extracted nucleic acids have provided a
pertinent alternative to classical culture-based microbiological methods, providing unique insight into
[2],[3],[4],[5],[6]
the composition, richness, and structure of microbial communities. DNA-based approaches
are now well-established in soil ecology and serve as genotypic (molecular genetic) markers for
determining microbial diversity.
The results of molecular analyses of soil microbial communities and/or populations rely on two main
parameters:
a) the extraction of DNA representative of the indigenous bacterial community composition;
b) PCR bias, such as the choice of primers, the concentration of amplified DNA, errors in the PCR, or
[4],[7],[8],[9]
even the method chosen for analysis. Recently, numerous studies have investigated new
[10]
methods to improve extraction, purification, amplification, and quantification of DNA from soils .
The first edition (ISO 11063:2012) described the procedure used to extract DNA directly from soil
samples suitable for the study of the composition of microbial community by both quantitative (q-PCR)
[11]
and qualitative (A-RISA) approaches .
[12]
The aim of this document is to describe a new method recently reported derived from the first
edition procedure to analyse the diversity of soil microorganisms by next-generation sequencing of
ribosomal amplicons generated by polymerase chain reactions (PCR) using soil DNA as template. This
new method was shown to increase the DNA recovery and to better represents the abundance and the
[12]
structure of archaeal and fungal communities as compared to the original method .
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 11063:2020(E)
Soil quality — Direct extraction of soil DNA
1 Scope
The present document specifies a method for direct extraction of DNA from soil samples to analyse
the abundance and composition of microbial communities by various techniques of molecular biology
including real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR). This method is mainly dedicated to agricultural and forest
soils. This method can possibly not be suitable for soils rich in organic matter (e.g. peat soils) or soils
heavily polluted with organic pollutants or heavy metals.
The direct extraction of DNA from soil samples provides unique insight into the α- and β-diversity
of microbial communities. Next-generation sequencing of amplicons obtained by PCR (polymerase
chain reaction) amplification of soil DNA constitutes a promising domain which will in the near future
contribute to the development of routine tools to monitor microbial communities in soil environments.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 18400-206, Soil quality — Sampling — Part 206: Collection, handling and storage of soil under aerobic
conditions for the assessment of microbiological processes, biomass and diversity in the laboratory
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
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