Heterotarsus Carinula

Sample information

Picture
Photos by: Jerry Z
Location
Collection date 08/22/2021
Captive / Cultivated? Wild-caught
Group The School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt
Observations

Found in a wet and shady area, under a tree

Putative identification Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Coleoptera Tenebrionidae Heterotarsus Heterotarsus carinula

Methods

Extraction kit DNeasy (Qiagen)
DNA extraction location Partial abdomen
Single or Duplex PCR
Gel electrophoresis system MiniOne
Buffer TBE
DNA stain GelGreen
Gel images
Protocol notes

Results

Wolbachia presence No
Confidence level High
Explanation of confidence level

Controls worked, electrophoresis successful, arthropod identified, insect identified as something else (all info here was changed).

Wolbachia 16S sequence
Arthropod COI sequence Download AB1
TTTGCGGGANTGGTAGGTGGTGCTTTGTCTTTGATTTTTCGCATGCAACTTATGCATATCAACATCTTTGGTGATAATTATCAATTATATAATGTAGTAGTTACAGGCCATGCTTTGATTATGGTGTTTTTTATGATTATGCCAGCTTTGATGGGTGGTTTTGGTAATTGGTTTGTTCCCCTTATGATTGGTGCACCAGATATGGCTTTTCCACGTATGAATAACTTGAGCTTTTGGTTGCTTGTATCCTCGTTTATTTTACTTATTATGTCTGTATTTGTTGGTGAAGGAGCTGGTACTGGTTGGACCTTATACCCACCACTATCACAGGTTAACTCTCACCCTANTGCAGCTGTTGATTTAGCAATATTTGCAATTCACGTTGCTGGAATTTCCTCAATTGTCGGTTCTATTAATTTTATTGTTACTATATTTAATATGCNCACTCCTGGAATGACTTTACATAAAACGCCTTTATTTGTTTGGTCTATTTTACTTACAGCTTTTATGCTTATAATTGCTTTACCA
BLAST at The Wolbachia Project   BLAST at NCBI
Summary The Heterotarsus carinula was found to be negative for Wolbachia.
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