Tetragonisca angustula digestive tract metagenome, sample Tang-C22.2
insect gut metagenome
species native to the Neotropics that is traditionally reared through meliponiculture. Active bees were manually collected from artificial hives located on the Universidad del Magdalena campus in Santa Marta, northern Colombia. Under sterile conditions, the entire digestive tracts were dissected, and 10 individual tracts from a single colony were pooled to form this representative colony-level sample prior to total DNA extraction. This sample is part of a broader study utilizing both 16S rRNA gene amplicon and shotgun metagenomic sequencing to evaluate the structural diversity, functional landscape, and biosynthetic potential of the stingless bee microbiome, providing insights into the ecological dynamics of host-associated symbionts and their metabolic defense mechanisms.
host
Tetragonisca angustula
isolation_source
digestive tract
collection_date
2019-10-10
geo_loc_name
Colombia: Santa Marta
lat_lon
11.22 N 74.18 W
rel_to_oxygen
not applicable
samp_collect_device
manual collection from artificial hive followed by sterile dissection
samp_mat_process
pooling of 10 dissected digestive tracts
samp_size
10 digestive tracts
source_material_id
Tang-C22.2
BioSampleModel
Metagenome or environmental