Ceratina calcarata

April 25, 2025

Sample information
Picture
Photos by: Arfah K.
Location
Collection date 09/03/2024
Captive / Cultivated? Wild-caught
Group Benedictine University
Observations

Collected by Fall 2024 students
Putative identification Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Apidae Ceratina Ceratina calcarata

Methods
Extraction kit DNeasy (Qiagen) blood and tissue kit
DNA extraction location Abdomen
Single or Duplex PCR Single Reaction
Gel electrophoresis system Standard electrophoresis system
Buffer TAE
DNA stain SYBR Safe
Gel images
Protocol notes

Results
Wolbachia presence Yes
Confidence level High
Explanation of confidence level

Yes my controls did work. Also, I know I can trust my results because I had a thick Wolbachia gel band and a 100% %-ID match in BLAST
Wolbachia 16S sequence Download FASTA    Download AB1
CTCGTTGCGGGACTTAACCCAACATCTCACGACACGAGCTGACGACAGCCATGCAACACCTGTGTGAAACCCGG
BLAST at The Wolbachia Project   BLAST at NCBI
Arthropod COI sequence Download FASTA    Download AB1
ATCAAATAATAATATAGTAATAGCTCCTGCTAATACTGGTAATGATANAAGTAATAAAATTGCTGTAATAAATAC
BLAST at The Wolbachia Project   BLAST at NCBI
Summary The Ceratina calcarata was found to be postive for Wolbachia.
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