Species Information: Caenorhabditis afra

Name Caenorhabditis afra
NCBI Taxonomy ID

Caenorhabditis afra strains available at the CGC

Strain Genotype Description
JU1199 Caenorhabditis afra wild isolate. Caenorhabditis sp. 7 Male-female strain. Isolated by Marie-Anne Felix from rotting citrus fruit sampled by M. Herrmann in Begoro, Ghana in June 2007. New male-female species of the elegans group. Does not produce cross-progeny with any of the other previous elegans group species. Isofemale line. Maintain by mating.
JU1286 Caenorhabditis afra wild isolate. Caenorhabditis sp. 7 Male-female strain. Caenorhabditis sp. 7 is currently an undescribed species. The sequenced strain, JU1286, is an isogenic inbred line derived from strain JU1199 by 20 consecutive matings of 1 virgin female and 1 male. The inbreeding was done by Marie-Anne Felix. Strain JU1199 was isolated in June 2007 by Matthias Herrmann from a rotting citrus fruit in Begoro, Ghana, Africa. C. sp. 7 is a gonochoristic species with about equal proportions of males and females.
JU1593 Caenorhabditis afra wild isolate. Caenorhabditis sp. 7 Male-female strain. Isolated from leaf litter near pond edge, sampled by J. and G. Hatty on 29 Nov 08 near Shonga, Nigeria.