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Macrotermes Natalensis queen

Macrotermes natalensis genome assembly data.

Dataset type: Genomic, Transcriptomic
Data released on September 01, 2014

Poulsen M; Hu H; Li C; Boomsma JJ; Zhang G (2014): Macrotermes natalensis genome assembly data. GigaScience Database. https://doi.org/10.5524/100057

DOI10.5524/100057

Background:Macrotermes natalensis belong to a single monophyletic sub-family, the Macrotermitinae. They realized a major evolutionary transition ca. 30 MYA, when they domesticated the ancestor of the extant fungal genus Termitomyces to form an obligate symbiosis.
Sampling: Macrotermes natalensis colony (Mn117) was collected from a natural population in Mookgophong , South Africa (S24°40’30.5” E28°47’50.4”, elevation 1045 m) in 2011. The DNA of a single Macrotermes natalensis queen was extracted for sequencing.
Finding: The final termite genome assembly yielded a size of 1.17Gb sequence, with a scaffold N50 of about 2Mb. 16,310 genes were annotated with the help of termite transcriptome data.

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  • Poulsen, M., Hu, H., Li, C., Chen, Z., Xu, L., Otani, S., Nygaard, S., Nobre, T., Klaubauf, S., Schindler, P. M., Hauser, F., Pan, H., Yang, Z., Sonnenberg, A. S. M., de Beer, Z. W., Zhang, Y., Wingfield, M. J., Grimmelikhuijzen, C. J. P., de Vries, R. P., … Zhang, G. (2014). Complementary symbiont contributions to plant decomposition in a fungus-farming termite. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(40), 14500–14505. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1319718111
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doi:10.5524/100057 IsPartOf doi:10.5524/100055
doi:10.5524/100057 IsSupplementedBy doi:10.5524/100056
doi:10.5524/100057 IsSupplementedBy doi:10.5524/100058

Accessions (data included in GigaDB):

SRA: SRP019918

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Sample ID Common Name Scientific Name Sample Attributes Taxonomic ID Genbank Name
SAMN01990761 Macrotermes natalensis Macrotermes natalensis Altitude:1045
Description:termite genome
Geographic location (country and/or sea,region):So...
... 		315803
SAMN01990762 Macrotermes natalensis Macrotermes natalensis Altitude:1045
Description:termite genome
Geographic location (country and/or sea,region):So...
... 		315803
SAMN01990763 Macrotermes natalensis Macrotermes natalensis Altitude:1045
Description:termite transcriptome
Geographic location (country and/or sea,region):So...
... 		315803
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File Name Description Sample ID Data Type File Format Size Release Date File Attributes Download
Readme TEXT 295 B 2013-07-15 MD5 checksum: 7757af83d4085fb2ba64c4417a6e8cdb
termite genome assembly Sequence assembly FASTA 318.01 MB 2013-07-15 MD5 checksum: 90d777f1447240b8ccd4c0ba88d94559
termite gene annotation cds sequence Coding sequence FASTA 18.13 MB 2013-07-15 MD5 checksum: c1180423ef82abc2726c8a9427517110
termite gene annotation protein sequence Protein sequence FASTA 6.71 MB 2013-07-15 MD5 checksum: e961341f649bb940af6fb89a5e785ca8
termite gene annotation gff file Annotation GFF 6.80 MB 2013-07-15 MD5 checksum: 8375b57230d406e159e6eeb341b3654f
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October 30, 2015 File Mnat_gene_v1.2.cds.fa updated
November 1, 2015 File Mnat_gene_v1.2.cds.fa updated
November 1, 2015 File Mnat_gene_v1.2.gff updated
November 1, 2015 File Mnat_gene_v1.2.pep.fa updated
November 1, 2015 File Mnat_gene_v1.2.cds.fa updated
November 3, 2015 File Mnat_gene_v1.2.cds.fa updated
November 3, 2015 File Mnat_gene_v1.2.gff updated
November 3, 2015 File Mnat_gene_v1.2.pep.fa updated
November 4, 2015 File Mnat_gene_v1.2.cds.fa updated
November 4, 2015 File Mnat_gene_v1.2.cds.fa updated
November 4, 2015 File Mnat_gene_v1.2.cds.fa updated
November 5, 2015 File Mnat_gene_v1.2.cds.fa updated
May 26, 2025 Metadata response: OK
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