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Abnormal response to infection by Microbacterium nematophilum (no tail swelling).

Resistant to infection by Microbacterium nematophilum (no tail swelling). Skiddy movement; bleach sensitive; hypersensitive to drugs. Abnormal lectin staining.

Egg-laying defective. Slow growing.

Male/female strain, propagate by crossing. Females are eT5 (III;X); fog-2(q71) V. Males are eT5 (III;X) / eT1(III;V); fog-2 / eT1 (fog-2 III;V). Strain with multichromosomal sex determination. Reference: Strain 21 in Hodgkin (2002) PMID: 12399387.

Temperature-sensitive: Maintain at 15C. Stable, temperature-sensitive tetraploid strain: fertile 4A;3X hermaphrodites and 4A;2X males at 15C; fertile 4A;3X females and feminized sterile 4A;2X males at 25C. Reference: Hodgkin (2002) PMID: 12399387.

eEx512 [dpy-31(+) + sur-5p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. Lethal dpy-31 mutant rescued by array containing dpy-31(+) 6.5 kb fragment. Reference: Novelli et al. (2004) PMID: 15579684.

Viable slightly dumpy hermaphrodites, drug and bleach sensitive, resistant to M. nematophilum (Bus phenotype) and Leucobacter Verde1, hypersensitive to Leucobacter Verde1. References: Partridge et al. (2008) PMID: 18395708. Hodgkin et al. (unpublished, in preparation).

eEx541 [bus-8(+) + sur-5p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. Nearly inviable, severely dumpy bus-8 mutant rescued by array. Reference: Partridge et al. (2008) PMID: 18395708.

Weak dumpy. Lethal dpy-31 mutation suppressed by dpy-17 mutation. Reference: Novelli et al. (2006) PMID: 16452136.

eEx541 [bus-8(+) + sur-5p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. bus-8(e2892) animals are viable on Leucobacter Verde1, unlike most other bus-8 mutants. References: Partridge et al. (2008) PMID: 18395708. Stroud et al (in preparation).

Homozygous viable dpy. dpy-31(e2919) homozygotes are almost inviable, but lethality is efficiently suppressed by sqt-3(e2906). Reference: Novelli J, et al., Genetics. 2004 Nov;168(3):1259-73.

Small, skiddy movement, drug-sensitive, fragile cuticle, Bus (resistant to infection by Microbacterium nematophilum).

Bus: resistant to M. nematophilum, Leucobacter Verde2; hypersensitive to Leucobacter Verde2. Weak allele, missense (Pro235Leu). Reference: Yook & Hodgkin (2007) PMID: 17151260.

Egg-laying defective, Bus (no tail swelling after infection by Microbacterium nematophilum).

No obvious phenotype, wildtype pathogen resistance. Reference: O’Rourke et al. (2005) PMID: 16809667.

eEx650 [ilys-3p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type to maintain. Transcriptional reporter transgene for ilys-3. Reference: Gravato-Nobre et al. (2016) PMID: 27525822.

eEx652 [ilys-1p::DsRed2 + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type to maintain. Transcriptional reporter for ilys-1Reference: Gravato-Nobre et al. (2016) PMID: 27525822.

eEx655 [ilys-2p::CFP; unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. Transgenic animals carry ilys-2 transcriptional reporter. Reference: Gravato-Nobre et al. (2016) PMID: 27525822.

No obvious phenotype. Reference: O’Rourke et al. (2005) PMID: 16809667.

No obvious phenotype, apparently wildtype sensitivity to pathogens. Reference: O’Rourke et al. (2005) PMID: 16809667.

Anatomically normal hermaphrodites and males; Bus (resistant to infection by M. nematophilum); weakly resistant to Leucobacter Verde2; insensitive to Leucobacter Verde1. Reference: J Hodgkin (unpublished).

Bus (resistant to M. nematophilum infection); sensitive to Leucobacter Verde2, hypersensitive to Leucobacter Verde1. Reference: M J Gravato-Nobre, J Hodgkin (unpublished).

Unc-slow moving. Body muscle abnormal. Semi-dominant. Birefringent patches. Eggs laid. M-MATING-NO SUCCESS.

No obvious phenotype, apparently normal sensitivity to bacterial pathogens. Derived from RB1897; further out-crossed into wild-type background. References: O’Rourke et al. (2005) PMID: 16809667. D J O'Rourke and J Hodgkin, unpublished.

eEx650 [ilys-4p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Transcriptional reporter for ilys-4. Reference: Gravato-Nobre et al. (2016) PMID: 27525822.

eEx671 [ilys-5p::GFP; unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. Transcriptional reporter for ilys-5. Reference: Gravato-Nobre et al. (2016) PMID: 27525822.

Bus (resistant to infection by M. nematophilum), sensitive to both Leucobacter Verde1 and Leucobacter Verde2. Reference: O'Rourke et al (in preparation).

Bus (resistant to infection by M. nematophilum), resistant to Leucobacter Verde2, hypersensitive to Leucobacter Verde1. Reference: O'Rourke et al (in preparation).

Most L1 larvae are deformed with irregular shapes. Older larvae and adults exhibit variably bent-head. Resembles spon-1(e2623) II. Homozygous viable, but inviable as hemizygotes (e1210/maDf2). Reference: Hodgkin (unpublished).

Skiddy, bleach-sensitive, Bus (resistant to infection by M. nematophilum), resistant to Leucobacter Verde2 and to Leucobacter Verde1. Missense mutation in Y11D7A.9. Reference: O'Rourke et al (in preparation).

Skiddy hermaphrodites, bleach-sensitive, drug-hypersensitive, abnormal bacterial pathogen resistance. Reference: Stroud et al (in preparation).

Hypersensitive to drugs. Resistant to infection by M. nematophilum and Leucobacter Verde2. Hypersensitive to Leucobacter Verde1. Reference: O'Rourke et al. (in preparation).

Viable, but defective in bacterial grinding and hypersensitive to bacterial pathogens. Derived by out-crossing parental strain VC2496. Reference: Gravato-Nobre et al. (2016) PMID: 27525822.

eEx754 [ilys-3p::ilys-3::mCherry::unc-54 3'UTR + sur-5p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. Translational reporter for ilys-3. Reference: Gravato-Nobre et al. (2016) PMID: 27525822.

Skiddy, bleach-sensitive hermaphrodites. Resistant to infection by Leucobacter Verde1. Reference: O'Rourke et al. (in preparation).

Him. Skiddy, bleach-sensitive hermaphrodites and males. Resistant to Leucobacter Verde1. Reference: O'Rourke et al. (in preparation).

eEx763 [bus-8(exonU2stop) + sur-5p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. Lethal bus-8 mutation rescued by bus-8 transgene defective in 5' exons U1 and U2. Reference: Stroud et al (in preparation).

Him. Bus (resistant to M. nematophilum); hypersensitive to Leucobacter Verde1. References: Gravato-Nobre et al. (2005) PMID: 16079230. Hodgkin et al (in preparation).

Viable, poor bacterial grinding, increased sensitivity to bacterial pathogens. Reference: Gravato-Nobre et al. (2016) PMID: 27525822.

Viable, but with poor bacterial grinding and increased susceptibility to some bacterial pathogens. Reference: Gravato-Nobre et al. (2016) PMID: 27525822.

Intragenic missense revertant. Partly resistant to Leucobacter Verde1. Reference: Stroud et al. (2013) IWM2013Abstract. ptr-15 also known as bus-13.

Bleach-sensitive, drug-sensitive, resistant to Leucobacter Verde1. Reference: O'Rourke et al (in preparation).

Bah (resistant to bacterial Biofilm formation by Yersinia). Reference: O'Rourke et al (in preparation).

eEx781 [ilys-6p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. Transcriptional reporter for ilys-6. Reference: Gravato-Nobre et al. (2016) PMID: 27525822.

wIs78 [SCMp::GFP + ajm-1p::GFP + F58E10 (cosmid) + unc-119(+)] IV. Heterozygous strain. Wild-type hermaphrodites segregating wild-type, Dpy-18, and dead eggs (subs-4 homozygotes). Pick wild-type to maintain. Reference: Gravato-Nobre et al (in preparation).

eEx763 [bus-8(exon2stop) + sur-5p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. bus-8(ok1175) rescued by modified bus-8(+) transgene. Reference: O'Rourke et al (in preparation).

eEx835 [bah-2(+) + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type to maintain. bah-2(gk487599) rescued by transgene. Reference: O'Rourke et al (in preparation).

Bah (resistant to Yersinia biofilm formation). Reference: Hodgkin et al (in preparation).

Bah (resistant to Yersinia biofilm formation). Reference: Hodgkin et al (in preparation).

Him. Small, slow-growing, bleach-sensitive; Bus (resistant to M. nematophilum), slightly resistant to Leucobacter Verde2, hypersensitive to Leucobacter Verde1. Reference: Hodgkin et al (in preparation).