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The weaver ant  Oecophylla smaragdina  is an aggressive predator of other arthropods and has been employed as a biological control agent against many insect pests in plantations. Despite playing important roles in pest management, information about the microbiota of  O .  smaragdina  is limited. In this work, a number of  O .  smaragdina  colonies (n = 12) from Malaysia had been studied on their microbiome profile using Illumina 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. We characterized the core microbiota associated with these  O .  smaragdina  and investigated variation between colonies from different environments. Across all 12 samples, 97.8% of the sequences were assigned to eight bacterial families and most communities were dominated by families Acetobacteraceae and Lactobacillaceae. Comparison among colonies revealed predominance of Acetobacteraceae in  O .  smaragdina  from forest areas but reduced abundance was observed in colonies from urban areas. In addition, our findings also revealed distinctive community composition in  O .  smaragdina  showing little taxonomic overlap with previously reported ant microbiota. In summary, our work provides information regarding microbiome of  O .  smaragdina  which is essential for establishing healthy colonies. This study also forms the basis for further study on microbiome of  O .  smaragdina  from other regions.

Microbial Community Composition Reveals Spatial Variation and Distinctive Core Microbiome of the Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina in Malaysia