Macrotermes natalensis
TaxID: 315803
Basic Information
Macrotermes natalensis
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Macrotermes natalensis is a fungus-growing termite species of South Africa that belongs to the genus Macrotermes. This species is associated with the Termitomyces fungal genus. M. natalensis has domesticated Termitomyces to produce food for the colony. Both termite species- fungal genus- are obligate and mutually beneficial where termite relies on the fungus to break down for plant materiel and nutrient resource. In contrast, the fungal species obtain plant material and optimal conditions for growth. M. natalensis has become a well-studied fungus-growing termite species, and its 1.3 gigabase pair genome was one of the largest sequenced insect genomes as of 2014.
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Taxonomic Information
Eukaryota
Arthropoda
Insecta
Blattodea
Termitidae
Macrotermes
Macrotermes natalensis
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Species
k__Eukaryota;p__Arthropoda;c__Insecta;o__Blattodea;f__Termitidae;g__Macrotermes;s__Macrotermes natalensis
Arthropods
Photos (0 photos)
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Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (0 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
No host plants available.
Quarantine Status (2 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
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| India | Quarantine pests | — |
| United States of America | Quarantine pests | — |
Distribution (0 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
No distribution records available.
Genomes (1 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Assembly Accession | Assembly Level | Genome Size(Mb) | Contig N50(Kb) | Scaffold N50(Kb) | BUSCO% | Downloads | Actions |
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| GCA_053541935.1 | Scaffold | 1142 | 3068 | 54294 | - |
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Transcriptomes (3 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Run ID | Tissue | Developmental Stage | Sex | Read Count | Location | Actions |
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| SRR5457278 | whole body | - | - | 19775910 | South Africa: Louis Trichardt, Lajuma Research Centre | |
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PRJNA382034 SRX2745347 SRP104234 insect RNAseq of Macrotermes natalensis: workers Pooled RNA from workers, poly(dT) selected Pooled workers from colony 140 {'tissue': 'whole body', 'isolate': 'Pooled workers from colony 140', 'geo_loc_name': 'South Africa: Louis Trichardt, Lajuma Research Centre', 'biosamplemodel': 'Invertebrate', 'collection_date': '2013-02-21'} |
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| SRR5457279 | whole body | - | - | 19687213 | South Africa: Pretoria, RNC farm | |
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PRJNA382034 SRX2745348 SRP104234 insect RNAseq of Macrotermes natalensis: workers Pooled RNA from workers, poly(dT) selected Pooled workers from colony 133 {'tissue': 'whole body', 'isolate': 'Pooled workers from colony 133', 'geo_loc_name': 'South Africa: Pretoria, RNC farm', 'biosamplemodel': 'Invertebrate', 'collection_date': '2013-02-14'} |
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| SRR5457280 | whole body | - | - | 21280835 | South Africa: Mookgophong | |
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PRJNA382034 SRX2745349 SRP104234 insect RNAseq of Macrotermes natalensis: workers Pooled RNA from workers, poly(dT) selected Pooled workers from colony 132 {'tissue': 'whole body', 'isolate': 'Pooled workers from colony 132', 'geo_loc_name': 'South Africa: Mookgophong', 'biosamplemodel': 'Invertebrate', 'collection_date': '2013-02-12'} |
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