Caenorhabditis Genetics Center (CGC)

Species Information: Panagrolaimus sp.

Name Panagrolaimus sp.
NCBI Taxonomy ID

Panagrolaimus sp. strains available at the CGC

Strain Genotype Description
BW287 Caenorhabditis briggsae. Chinese rhabditis hermaphrodite nematode from Bill Wood's Chinese collection, Beijing. According to David Fitch this strain is Panagrolaimus sp. April 2008: According to sequence data from Howe & Denver 2008 BMC Evol Biol 8:62, strain BW287 is C. briggsae.
PS443 Panagrolaimus sp. wild isolate. Armenian worm. Male/Female strain. Maintain by mating. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.
PS1162 Panagrolaimus sp. Wild-type Panagrolaimus isolated in Beijing, China, 1991. Male-female strain.
DAW1 Panagrolaimus sp. wild isolate Antarctic nematode isolated from Ross Island, Antarctica in 1988. Panagrolaimus sp. DAW1 formerly known as Panagrolaimus davidi or P. davidi CB1. Survives freezing at -80 °C, including extensive intracellular freezing. Reference: Raymond MR, Wharton DA, Marshall CJ (2014) Antarc Sci 26:15-22.