Formica subsericea

Sample information

Picture
Photos by: Sreshta G.
Location
Collection date 11/13/2024
Captive / Cultivated? Wild-caught
Group Walton High School
Observations

blank ant, found with other ants, under a rock, huge colony

Our initial identification was Lasius Niger, but our BLAST showed it to be Formica subsericea.

Putative identification Arthropoda

Methods

Extraction kit DNeasy (Qiagen) blood and tissue kit
DNA extraction location Abdomen
Single or Duplex PCR
Gel electrophoresis system MiniPCR
Buffer TBE
DNA stain GelGreen
Gel images
Protocol notes

Results

Wolbachia presence Unknown
Confidence level High
Explanation of confidence level

The gel results for Wolbachia did not run as we expected, so we cannot conclude if it has Wolbachia or not.

Wolbachia 16S sequence
Arthropod COI sequence Download FASTA    Download AB1
>ZS_4_Lasius-CO1F.ab1 (601 bp) TTCTATAAGTATAATTATTCGTTTAGAATTAGGTTCATCTAATTCATTAATCAATAATGATCAAATTTAT AATTCTTTAGTAACTAATCACGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTCATAGTAATACCATTTATAATTGGTGGGT TTGGTAATTTTCTAATTCCTTTAATACTAGGATCACCAGACATAGCATACCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAG ATTTTGACTCTTACCTCCTTCAATTACTCTTTTACTTTTAAGAAATTTTATTAATGATGGAACAGGAACA GGATGGACTATTTATCCTCCCTTATCCTCTAATATTTTTCATAGTGGTCCTTCTGTAGACTTAACAATTT TTTCTCTTCATATTGCAGGTATATCCTCAATTTTAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTTCAACAATTCTTAATAT ACATCATAAAAATTTTTCTATTGATAAAATTCCTTTACTCGTATGATCAATTTTAATTACAGCTATCTTA CTTCTATTATCCTTACCTGTATTGGCCGGAGCTATTACTATACTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTT CATTCTTTGATCCTTCGGGAGGAGGCGATCCAATTCTATAT
BLAST at The Wolbachia Project   BLAST at NCBI
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