Spider (Pholcus crypticolens)

Sample information

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Location
Collection date 08/28/2024
Captive / Cultivated? Wild-caught
Group St. Albans School
Observations

Captured in the corner of a room in a building during the summer.

Putative identification Arthropoda Chelicerata Arachnida Araneae Pholcidae Pholcus Pholcus crypticolens

Methods

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

Results

Wolbachia presence Yes
Confidence level High
Explanation of confidence level

All our controls worked as expected and the results matched the gel electrophoresis.

Wolbachia 16S sequence Download FASTA    Download AB1
TGGCTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACGAGCGCAACCCTCATCCTTAGTTACCATTAGGTAATGCTGGGGACTTTAAGGAAACTGCCAGTGATAAACTGGAGGAAGGTGGGGATGATGTCAAGTCATCATGGCCCTTATGGAGTGGGCTACACACGTGCTACAATGGTGGCTACAATGGGCTGCAAAGTCGCGAGGCTAAGCTAATCCCTTAAAAGCCATCTCAGTTCGGATTGTACTCTGCAACTCGAGTGCATGAAGTTGGAATCGCTAGTAATCGTGGATCAGCACGCCACGGTGAATACGTTCTCGGGTCTTGTACACACTGCCCGTCACGCCATGGGAATTG
BLAST at The Wolbachia Project   BLAST at NCBI
Arthropod COI sequence Download FASTA    Download AB1
TTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCAGATATAGCGTTTCCTCGGATAAATAACTTGAGATTTTGGTTATTACCTCCTGCTGTTTTATTATTANTGTTGTCTGGTTTGGTGGAAACTGGAGTANGGGCGGGGTGGACTATTTATCCCCCGTTATCTTCTANAGTANGACATANCGGAGTGTCAATAGATTTTGCTATTTTTTCTCTTCATTTAGCAGGGGCTTCTTCTATTATAGGAGCTATTAACTTTATTTCTACTGTTATAAATATACGTTTAATAGGGGTGGGTATAGATAAAATTAGCTTATTTGTATGATCAGTGGTGATTACGGCGGTTTTANTANTACTTTCTTTACCCGTATTAGCTGGAGCAATNACTATACTTTTGACTGA
BLAST at The Wolbachia Project   BLAST at NCBI
Summary The Pholcus crypticolens was found to be postive for Wolbachia.
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