title: Bacterial 16S rRNA pyrosequences (V1-V3) derived from ant gaster tissue - Whole adult Cephalotes crenaticeps specimen
design: A comparative analysis of gut-associated microbes in the cephalotine ants. Most samples were collected fresh from Brazil or Peru, the midgut and ileum dissected in the field, and preserved in RNALater. DNA was extracted using a custom phenol-chloroform extraction with beadbeating mechanical lysis. 