Strain Information

Name SB157   View On Wormbase
Species Mesorhabditis spiculigera
GenotypeMesorhabditis spiculigera wild isolate.
DescriptionMale-female. Maintain by mating. Wild-type reference strain for Mesorhabditis spiculigera (Steiner, 1936). Isolated by Walter Sudhaus May 27, 1983, from rotten wood, Scharfenberg Island, Berlin, Germany. Gonochoristic and thus must be maintained by mating. Originally cultured on agar with raw potato, but grows on E. coli OP50 at 18-22˚C. Survives freezing via the C. elegans protocol. Synonymous strain designation: DF5009. Sent to the CGC by David Fitch who obtained the strain from Walter Sudhaus in 1992.
MutagenNo mutagen
Outcrossedx0
Made byWalter Sudhaus
Laboratory DF
Reference Walter Sudhaus and David Fitch. 2001. Comparative studies on the phylogeny and systematics of the Rhabditidae (Nematoda). Journal of Nematology 33(1):1-70. PMID: 19265873, PMCID: PMC2620500. Carine Rey, Caroline Launay, Eva Wenger, and Marie Delattre. 2023. Programmed DNA elimination in Mesorhabditis nematodes. Current Biology 33, 3711–3721. PMID: 37607549, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.058.
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