Strain Information

Name DF5024   View On Wormbase
Species Distolabrellus veechi
GenotypeDistolabrellus veechi wild isolate.
DescriptionMale-female. Maintain by mating. Wild-type reference strain for Distolabrellus veechi Anderson, 1983. Isolated by M. E. Doucet in 1991, from necrotic portions of stems of cotton seedlings (Gossypium hirsutum) near Córdoba, Argentina. Gonochoristic. Originally cultured on agar with raw meat, but grows on E. coli OP50 at 18-22˚C. Survives freezing via the C. elegans protocol. Sent to the CGC by David Fitch who obtained the strain from Walter Sudhaus on April 3, 1992, who obtained the strain from M. Doucet.
MutagenNo mutagen
Outcrossedx0
Made byWalter Sudhaus
Laboratory DF
Reference Sudhaus, W., and Fitch, D., 2001. Comparative studies on the phylogeny and systematics of Rhabditidae (Nematoda). Journal of Nematology 33(1):1-70. PMID: 19265873, PMCID: PMC2620500. Kiontke, K., Barrière, A., Kolutuev, I., Podbilewicz, B., Sommer, R., Fitch, D. H. A., and Félix, M.-A., 2007. Trends, stasis, and drift in the evolution of nematode vulva development. Current Biology 17(22):1925-1937. PMID: 18024125; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.10.061.
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