Cricket

Sample information

Picture
Photos by: Pierre A.
Location
Collection date 09/13/2022
Captive / Cultivated? Wild-caught
Group St. Albans School
Observations

Respectably sized cricket, captured alive in the summer.

Putative identification Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Orthoptera Gryllidae Acheta Acheta domesticus

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 No
Confidence level High
Explanation of confidence level

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

Wolbachia 16S sequence
Arthropod COI sequence Download FASTA    Download AB1
CTCTTTAAGTATCTTAATTCNAACGGAACTAGGACAACCANGNTATTTAATTGGAGATGATCAAACATATAATGTTATCGTAACTGCACATGCATTTGTCATAATTTTTTTCATGGNNATACCAATTATNNTTGNNGGATTCGGAAATTGATTAGTACCCCTAATATTAGGTGCACCCGATATAGCCTTTCCTCGAATAAACNNNATAAGATTTTGANTTTTACCACCCTCACTAACCCTTTTATTAACCAGAAGAATAGTCGAAAATGGTGCAGGGACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCACCTTTATCAACAGGAATCGCCCACGCCGGAGCATCTGTTGATTTAGCCATTTTTTCATTACACTTAGCTGGAATTTCATCAATTCTGGGAGCCGTTAATTTCATTACAACTATAATCAATATACGAGCACCTGGGATGTCATTAGATCAAACCCCATTATTTGTATGAGCTGTNNNNNNCACTGCCCTCCTCCTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTCTTGCGGGTGCAATCACAATATTACTAACAGATCGAAATCTGAATACATCATTTTTTGACCCCGCAGGAGGGGGTGATCCCATCTTATATCAACACTTATTTT
BLAST at The Wolbachia Project   BLAST at NCBI
Summary The Acheta domesticus was found to be negative for Wolbachia.
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