Caenorhabditis Genetics Center (CGC)

Species Information: Caenorhabditis imperialis

Name Caenorhabditis imperialis
NCBI Taxonomy ID

Caenorhabditis imperialis strains available at the CGC

Strain Genotype Description
EG5716 Caenorhabditis imperialis wild isolate. Caenorhabditis sp. 14 Male-female strain. Isolated from a rotten horse chestnut (Tahitian chestnut?) collected by David Ailion on the island of Moorea (17.53 S, 149.83 W) on July 24, 2009.
EG5942 Caenorhabditis imperialis wild isolate. Caenorhabditis sp. 14 Male-female strain. Made by inbreeding EG5716 for 30 generations by picking a single L4 female and male at each generation.
JU1905 Caenorhabditis imperialis wild isolate. Caenorhabditis sp. 14 Male-female strain. Isolated in Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe. Reference: Kiontke KC, et al. BMC Evol Biol. 2011 Nov 21;11:339.