Termite-Beetle eDNA Metabarcoding Data for Host Association Study

Jihoon Kim deposited raw sequence reads and alignment files from body-surface eDNA metabarcoding to identify Macrotermes natalensis as a putative host for the parasitic beetle Arielina peringueyi. The dataset includes raw FASTQ files from four samples sequenced on an Illumina MiSeq platform and multiple FASTA alignment files for phylogenetic and haplotype network analyses. The data was last updated on May 12, 2026.

Use Cases

• Conducting phylogenetic analyses based on COI alignment files containing termite and beetle sequences.
• Building haplotype networks for Macrotermes natalensis populations using trimmed sequence alignments.
• Identifying host associations for socially parasitic beetles using eDNA metabarcoding data from body-surface samples.
• Benchmarking eDNA metabarcoding pipelines with raw Illumina MiSeq paired-end reads.

Strengths

• Includes raw eDNA metabarcoding sequence data from four distinct samples, providing foundational data for reproducibility.
• Contains multiple curated alignment files (658bp, 603bp, 312bp) specifically trimmed for phylogenetic and haplotype network analyses.
• Data is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse with attribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The geographic origin of the samples is not specified in the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Body-surface eDNA metabarcoding targeting a partial COI region, sequenced using the Illumina MiSeq platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 08:17:24; freshness should be verified.