Caenorhabditis Genetics Center (CGC)

Species Information: Caenorhabditis remanei ssp. vulgaris

Name Caenorhabditis remanei ssp. vulgaris
NCBI Taxonomy ID

Caenorhabditis remanei ssp. vulgaris strains available at the CGC

Strain Genotype Description
EM464 C. remanei ssp. vulgaris Male-female strain. Reference WBG 11(4):89. See also WBPaper00001874. May crawl off the plates. Previously called C. vulgaris BK and C. vulgariensis BK. Walter Sudhaus has tentatively described this strain as C. remanei ssp. vulgaris; this description is not official and is contigent upon its being published. See WBPaper00002633 and WBPaper00003993.
VT733 C. remanei ssp. vulgaris Male-female strain. Reference WBG 11(4):89. See also WBPaper00001874. May crawl off the plates. Isolated by Bill Fixsen at a rest area on the turnpike in Conn. Previously called WS9-6 and C. vulgaris NH and C. vulgariensis by the CGC. Walter Sudhaus has tentatively described this strain as C. remanei ssp. vulgaris; this description is not official and is contigent upon its being published. See WBPaper00002633.
PX356 C. remanei ssp. vulgaris wild isolate. Male-female strain. Low fecundity and fitness. PX356 is an inbred strain derived from EM464. Reference: Fierst JL, et al. PLoS Genet. 2015 Jun 26;11(6):e1005323. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005323. PMID: 26114425.