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Male-female species. Maintain at 20C or warmer. Elegans group. Isolated from rotting Solanum virginianum fruits sampled near Sapa, Vietnam on 30 Nov 2019. GPS 22.3228, 103.8841. Reference: Felix et al., in preparation.

Male-female species. Maintain at 20C or warmer. Elegans group. Isolated from rotting fruit sampled near Sapa, Vietnam on 30 Nov 2019. GPS 22.32291, 103.88791. Reference: Felix et al., in preparation.

Sampled in a compost heap in vegetable gardens/vineyards (Bas-Rhin), France on 3 Oct 05 by MAF. Plated 4 Oct, picked as L4 on 4 Oct 05. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Bacteria. CeMbio Collection. Natural isolate from a C. elegans population in rotting stem. Sampled in: Santeuil, France. Slow grower. More information about collection on the project's wiki: http://www.cembio.uni-kiel.de/. 16S rRNA primer: 27F/1492R. 16S rRNA sequence: CTTGAGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAGAACGAACGCTGGCGGCATGCCTAACACATGCAAGTCGAACGAGACCTTCGGGTCTAGTGGCGCACGGGTGCGTAACGCGTGGGAATCTGCCCTTGGGTTCGGAATAACAGTTGGAAACGACTGCTAATACCGGATGATGACGTAAGTCCAAAGATTTATCGCCCAGGGATGAGCCCGCGTAGGATTAGCTAGTTGGTGGGGTAAAGGCCTACCAAGGCGACGATCCTTAGCTGGTCTGAGAGGATGATCAGCCACACTGGGACTGAGACACGGCCCAGACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTGGGGAATATTGGACAATGGGCGAAAGCCTGATCCAGCAATGCCGCGTGAGTGATGAAGGCCTTAGGGTTGTAAAGCTCTTTTACCCGGGATGATAATGACAGTACCGGGAGAATAAGCCCCGGCTAACTCCGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGGAGGGGGCTAGCGTTGTTCGGAATTACTGGGCGTAAAGCGCACGTAGGCGGCTTTGTAAGTTAGAGGTGAAAGCCTGGAGCTTAACTCCAGAACTGCCTTTAAGACTGCATCGCTTGAATCCAGGAGAGGTGAGTGGAATTCCGAGTGTAGAGGTGAAATTCGTAGATATTCGGAAGAACACCAGTGGCGAAGGCGGCTCACTGGACTGGTATTGACGCTGAGGTGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGATAACTAGCTGTCCGGGTGCTTGGCATTTGGGTGGCGCAGCTAACGCATTAAGTTATCCGCCTGGGGAGTACGGTCGCAAGATTAAAACTCAAAGGAATTGACGGGGGCCTGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGAAGCAACGCGCAGAACCTTACCAGCGTTTGACATGGTAGGACGACTGGCAGAGATGCCTTTCTTCCCTTCGGGGACCTACACACAGGTGCTGCATGGCTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACGAGCGCAACCCTCGCCTTTAGTTACCATCATTTAGTTGGGTACTCTAAAGGAACCGCCGGTGATAAGCCGGAGGAAGGTGGGGATGACGTCAAGTCCTCATGGCCCTTACGCGCTGGGCTACACACGTGCTACAATGGCAACTACAGTGGGCAGCAATCCCGCGAGGGTGAGCTAATCTCCAAAAGTTGTCTCAGTTCGGATTGTTCTCTGCAACTCGAGAGCATGAAGGCGGAATCGCTAGTAATCGCGGATCAGCATGCCGCGGTGAATACGTTCCCAGGCCTTGTACACACCGCCCGTCACACCATGGGAGTTGGATTCACCCGAAGGCGTTGCGCCAACCCGCAAGGGGAGCAGGCGACCACGGTGGGTTCAGCGACTGGGGTGAAGTCGTAACAAGGTAGCCGTAGGGGAACCTGCGGCTGGATCACCTCCTTT GenBank: BioSample SAMN10361612

Bacteria. CeMbio Collection. Natural isolate from C. elegans natural habitat (Rotting pear). LB, 20-26C. Sampled in Le Blanc, France. More information about collection on the project's wiki: http://www.cembio.uni-kiel.de/. 16S rRNA primer: 27F/1492R. 16S rRNA sequence: TGAAGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAGAGTGAACGCTGGCGGTAGGCCTAACACATGCAAGTCGAACGGCAGCACAGAGGAGCTTGCTCCTTGGGTGGCGAGTGGCGGACGGGTGAGGAATACATCGGAATCTACTTTTTCGTGGGGGATAACGTAGGGAAACTTACGCTAATACCGCATACGACCTACGGGTGAAAGCAGGGGACCTTCGGGCCTTGCGCGATTGAATGAGCCGATGTCGGATTAGCTAGTTGGCGGGGTAAAGGCCCACCAAGGCGACGATCCGTAGCTGGTCTGAGAGGATGATCAGCCACACTGGAACTGAGACACGGTCCAGACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTGGGGAATATTGGACAATGGGCGCAAGCCTGATCCAGCCATACCGCGTGGGTGAAGAAGGCCTTCGGGTTGTAAAGCCCTTTTGTTGGGAAAGAAATCCAGCCGGCTAATACCTGGTTGGGATGACGGTACCCAAAGAATAAGCACCGGCTAACTTCGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGAAGGGTGCAAGCGTTACTCGGAATTACTGGGCGTAAAGCGTGCGTAGGTGGTTGTTTAAGTCTGTTGTGAAAGCCCTGGGCTCAACCTGGGAACTGCAGTGGAAACTGGACAACTAGAGTGTGGTAGAGGGTAGCGGAATTCCCGGTGTAGCAGTGAAATGCGTAGAGATCGGGAGGAACATCCATGGCGAAGGCAGCTACCTGGACCAACACTGACACTGAGGCACGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCCTAAACGATGCGAACTGGATGTTGGGTGCAATTTGGCACGCAGTATCGAAGCTAACGCGTTAAGTTCGCCGCCTGGGGAGTACGGTCGCAAGACTGAAACTCAAAGGAATTGACGGGGGCCCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGTATGTGGTTTAATTCGATGCAACGCGAAGAACCTTACCTGGCCTTGACATGTCGAGAACTTTCCAGAGATGGATTGGTGCCTTCGGGAACTCGAACACAGGTGCTGCATGGCTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACGAGCGCAACCCTTGTCCTTAGTTGCCAGCACGTAATGGTGGGAACTCTAAGGAGACCGCCGGTGACAAACCGGAGGAAGGTGGGGATGACGTCAAGTCATCATGGCCCTTACGGCCAGGGCTACACACGTACTACAATGGTAGGGACAGAGGGCTGCAAGCCGGCGACGGTAAGCCAATCCCAGAAACCCTATCTCAGTCCGGATTGGAGTCTGCAACTCGACTCCATGAAGTCGGAATCGCTAGTAATCGCAGATCAGCATTGCTGCGGTGAATACGTTCCCGGGCCTTGTACACACCGCCCGTCACACCATGGGAGTTTGTTGCACCAGAAGCAGGTAGCTTAACCTTCGGGAGGGCGCTTGCCACGGTGTGGCCGATGACTGGGGTGAAGTCGTAACAAGGTAGCCGTATCGGAAGGTGCGGCTGGATCACCTCCTTT

Bacteria. CeMbio Collection. Natural isolate from C. elegans natural habitat (Rotting apple). LB, 20-26C. Sampled in Santeuil, France. More information about collection on the project's wiki: http://www.cembio.uni-kiel.de/. 16S rRNA primer: 27F/1492R. 16S rRNA sequence: ATGGAGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAGGATGAACGCTAGCGGGAGGCCTAACACATGCAAGCCGAGCGGTAGAGATCTTTCGGGATCTTGAGAGCGGCGTACGGGTGCGGAACACGTGTGCAACCTGCCTTTATCAGGGGGATAGCCTTTCGAAAGGAAGATTAATACCCCATAATATATTGAATGGCATCATTTGATATTGAAAACTCCGGTGGATAGAGATGGGCACGCGCAAGATTAGATAGTTGGTAGGGTAACGGCCTACCAAGTCAGTGATCTTTAGGGGGCCTGAGAGGGTGATCCCCCACACTGGTACTGAGACACGGACCAGACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTGAGGAATATTGGACAATGGGTGAGAGCCTGATCCAGCCATCCCGCGTGAAGGACGACGGCCCTATGGGTTGTAAACTTCTTTTGTATAGGGATAAACCTTTCCACGTGTGGAAAGCTGAAGGTACTATACGAATAAGCACCGGCTAACTCCGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGGAGGGTGCAAGCGTTATCCGGATTTATTGGGTTTAAAGGGTCCGTAGGCGGATCTGTAAGTCAGTGGTGAAATCTCATAGCTTAACTATGAAACTGCCATTGATACTGCAGGTCTTGAGTAAAGTAGAAGTGGCTGGAATAAGTAGTGTAGCGGTGAAATGCATAGATATTACTTAGAACACCAATTGCGAAGGCAGGTCACTATGTTTTAACTGACGCTGATGGACGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCGAACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGCTAACTCGTTTTTGGGTCTTCGGATTCAGAGACTAAGCGAAAGTGATAAGTTAGCCACCTGGGGAGTACGTTCGCAAGAATGAAACTCAAAGGAATTGACGGGGGCCCGCACAAGCGGTGGATTATGTGGTTTAATTCGATGATACGCGAGGAACCTTACCAAGGCTTAAATGGGAATTGACAGGTTTAGAAATAGACTTTTCTTCGGACAATTTTCAAGGTGCTGCATGGTTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGCCGTGAGGTGTTAGGTTAAGTCCTGCAACGAGCGCAACCCCTGTCACTAGTTGCCATCATTCAGTTGGGGACTCTAGTGAGACTGCCTACGCAAGTAGAGAGGAAGGTGGGGATGACGTCAAATCATCACGGCCCTTACGCCTTGGGCCACACACGTAATACAATGGCCGGTACAGAGGGCAGCTACCTAGCGATAGGATGCGAATCTCGAAAGCCGGTCTCAGTTCGGATTGGAGTCTGCAACTCGACTCTATGAAGCTGGAATCGCTAGTAATCGCATATCAGCCATGATGCGGTGAATACGTTCCCGGGCCTTGTACACACCGCCCGTCAAGCCATGGAAGTTTGGGGTACCTGAAGTCGGTGACCGTAACAGGAGCTGCCTAGGGTAAAACAAGTAACTAGGGCTAAGTCGTAACAAGGTAGCCGTACCGGAAGGTGCGGCTGGAACATCTCATT

[NOTE: (04/06/2023) A user has reported that they have performed whole-genome sequencing and found this strain is actually Lelliottia nimipressuralis, not Lelliottia amnigena.] Bacteria. CeMbio Collection. Natural isolate from C. elegans natural habitat (Rotting apple). LB, 20-26C. Sampled in Santeuil, France. More information about collection on the project's wiki: http://www.cembio.uni-kiel.de/. 16S rRNA primer: 27F/1492R. 16S rRNA sequence: TTGAAGAGTTTGATCATGGCTCAGATTGAACGCTGGCGGCAGGCCTAACACATGCAAGTCGA GCGGTAGCACAGAGAGCTTGCTCTCGGGTGACGAGCGGCGGACGGGTGAGTAATGTCTG GGAAACTGCCTGATGGAGGGGGATAACTACTGGAAACGGTAGCTAATACCGCATAACGTCGC AAGACCAAAGAGGGGGACCTTCGGGCCTCTTGCCATCAGATGTGCCCAGATGGGATTAGCT AGTAGGTGGGGTAATGGCTCACCTAGGCGACGATCCCTAGCTGGTCTGAGAGGATGACCAG CCACACTGGAACTGAGACACGGTCCAGACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTGGGGAATATTGC ACAATGGGCGCAAGCCTGATGCAGCCATGCCGCGTGTATGAAGAAGGCCTTCGGGTTGTAA AGTACTTTCAGCGAGGAGGAAGGCATTGTGGTTAATAACCGCAGTGATTGACGTTACTCGCA GAAGAAGCACCGGCTAACTCCGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGGAGGGTGCAAGCGTTA ATCGGAATTACTGGGCGTAAAGCGCACGCAGGCGGTCTGTCAAGTCGGATGTGAAATCCCC GGGCTCAACCTGGGAACTGCATTCGAAACTGGCAGGCTAGAGTCTTGTAGAGGGGGGTAGA ATTCCAGGTGTAGCGGTGAAATGCGTAGAGATCTGGAGGAATACCGGTGGCGAAGGCGGCC CCCTGGACAAAGACTGACGCTCAGGTGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCC TGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGTCGACTTGGAGGTTGTTCCCTTGAGGAGTGGCTTCC GGAGCTAACGCGTTAAGTCGACCGCCTGGGGAGTACGGCCGCAAGGTTAAAACTCAAATGA ATTGACGGGGGCCCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGATGCAACGCGAAGAAC CTTACCTACTCTTGACATCCAGAGAACTTAGCAGAGATGCTTTGGTGCCTTCGGGAACTCTG AGACAGGTGCTGCATGGCTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTTGTGAAATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAA CGAGCGCAACCCTTATCCTTTGTTGCCAGCGGTTCGGCCGGGAACTCAAAGGAGACTGCC AGTGATAAACTGGAGGAAGGTGGGGATGACGTCAAGTCATCATGGCCCTTACGAGTAGGGCT ACACACGTGCTACAATGGCATATACAAAGAGAAGCGACCTCGCGAGAGCAAGCGGACCTCA CAAAGTATGTCGTAGTCCGGATCGGAGTCTGCAACTCGACTCCGTGAAGTCGGAATCGCTA GTAATCGTAGATCAGAATGCTACGGTGAATACGTTCCCGGGCCTTGTACACACCGCCCGTCA CACCATGGGAGTGGGTTGCAAAAGAAGTAGGTAGCTTAACCTTCGGGAGGGCGCTTACCAC TTTGTGATTCATGACTGGGGTGAAGTCGTAACAAGGTAACCGTAGGGGAACCTGCGGTTGGA TCACCTCCTT GenBank: BioSample SAMN10361116

oskEx53250 [dat-1p::GCaMP6f + dat-1p::mCherry + lin-44p::mRFP + N2 genomic DNA cut with Pvu II (as a carrier)]. Pick animals with red fluorescence to maintain. GCaMP6f and mCherry expressed in dopaminergic neurons. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Tanimoto Y, et al. Sci Rep. 2016 May 19;6:26297. doi: 10.1038/srep26297. PMID: 27193056.

otIs672 [rab-3p::NLS:: GCaMP6s + arrd-4p::NLS::GCaMP6s]. See description of strain OH16230 for full description of otIs696 NeuroPAL (Neuronal Polychromatic Atlas of Landmarks) transgene used to resolve unique neural identities in whole-brain images. 2-nonanone avoidance and electrical shock response of KDK94 are more similar to wild-type (N2) than other NeuroPAL strains. Derived by crossing parental strains OH15265 and OH15495. References: Endo Y, et al. J Biosci. 2025:50:52. PMID: 40619772. NeuroPAL reference: Yemini E, et al. Cell. 2021 Jan 7;184(1):272-288.e11. PMID: 33378642.

T21C9.2, F32G8.6. Serotonin-deficient by anti-serotonin staining. Bleach hypersensitive. Likely also dopamine-deficient (but not tested). Slightly sickly. External left primer: TTTCTTTTCTTGTTGCGCCT. External right primer: TCGAAAAAGTCTGCTTCGGT. Internal left primer: CGTCTTCCGTTTCTTTTTCG. Internal right primer: TCTTGGAATGTGGGATGTGA. Internal WT amplicon: 2497 bp. Deletion size: 2238 bp. Deletion left flank: CGACTAGATTGATTTCCTTCTGTCCCTTCA. Deletion right flank: CTTGACGGAACAACGCCTCGATCTGATCTC. This strain was provided by the C. elegans Reverse Genetics Core Facility at the University of British Columbia, which is part of the international C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium, which should be acknowledged in any publications resulting from its use. URL: http://www.celeganskoconsortium.omrf.org.

lqEx631 [tiam-1::CFP + str-1::GFP]. GFP expression in AWB amphid neurons. CFP neural expression in the head and tail, the ventral cord commissural motorneurons, the mechanosensory neurons (ALMs, PLMs, AVM, PVM) and the CAN, PDE, and PVD neurons. Reference: Demarco RS, et al. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(4):e1002665.

juIs76 [unc-25p::GFP + lin-15(+)] II. lqIs2 [osm-6::GFP] X. lqIs2 carries a PDE/amphid/phasmid marker linked to mig-2. Reference: Demarco RS, et al. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(4):e1002665.

juIs76 [unc-25p::GFP + lin-15(+)] II. lqIs3 [osm-6::GFP] IV. lqIs3 carries a PDE/amphid/phasmid marker linked to ced-10. Reference: Demarco RS, et al. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(4):e1002665.

juIs76 [unc-25p::GFP + lin-15(+)] II. lqIs2 [osm-6::GFP] X. lqIs2 carries a PDE/amphid/phasmid marker linked to mig-2. Reference: Demarco RS, et al. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(4):e1002665.

juIs76 [unc-25p::GFP + lin-15(+)] II. lqIs3 [osm-6::GFP] IV. lqIs3 carries a PDE/amphid/phasmid marker linked to ced-10. Reference: Demarco RS, et al. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(4):e1002665.

lqIs3 [osm-6::GFP] IV. Cell corpse engulfment defect. lqIs3 carries a PDE/amphid/phasmid marker linked to ced-10. Reference: Struckhoff EC, Lundquist EA. Development 2003, 130:693-704.

lqIs2 [osm-6::GFP] X. lqIs2 carries a PDE/amphid/phasmid marker linked to mig-2. Reference: Struckhoff EC, Lundquist EA. Development 2003, 130:693-704.

rcSi1 [mex-5p::rpt-1::mCherry + unc-119(+)] II. RPT-1::mCherry allows visualization of the proteasome in the germline. Reference: Sampuda KL, et al. BMC Cell Biol. 2017 Apr 19;18(1):18.

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. avIs116 [pie-1p::GFP::ubiquitinAA + unc-119(+)]. GFP::ubiquitinAA is visible in the germline when raised at 25C. GFP::ubiquitinAA is a mutated form of ubiquitin that has a dialanine at the C-terminus instead of the diglycine required for conjugation onto protein substrates. Useful control strain for LN130. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Sampuda KL, et al. BMC Cell Biol. 2017 Apr 19;18(1):18.

Entire che-12 coding sequence deleted and replaced with GFP. This produced a phenotype that is more penetrant than that reported for the original che-12 strain, which introduced a nonsense mutation midway through the coding region. Short amphid and phasmid cilia. Defective chemotaxis to NaCl. Dye-filing defective. Reference: Das A, et al. Mol Biol Cell. 2015 Nov 15;26(23):4248-64.

vsIs164 [unc-103p(E)::GCaMP5 + unc-103p(E)::mCherry + lin-15(+)] X. Integrated transgene using unc-103e promoter to drive GCaMP5 and mCherry expression in vulval muscles; useful for visualizing and quantitating calcium influx in vulval muscle cells. Reference: Collins K, et al. Elife. 2016 Nov 16;5. pii: e21126. doi: 10.7554/eLife.21126.

vsIs172 [lin-11(enhancer)::pes-10p::GCaMP5 + lin-11(enhancer)::pes-10p::mCherry + lin-15(+)]. Integrated transgene using lin-11 enhancer region fused to the pes-10 basal promoter to drive GCaMP5 and mCherry expression in VC motor neurons; useful for visualizing and quantitating calcium influx in VC motor neurons. Reference: Collins K, et al. Elife. 2016 Nov 16;5. pii: e21126. doi: 10.7554/eLife.21126.

vsIs177 [ocr-2p::GCaMP5::ocr-2 3'UTR + ocr-2p::mCherry::ocr-2 3'UTR + lin-15(+)] X. Integrated transgene using ocr-2 promoter to drive GCaMP5 and mCherry expression in uv1; useful for visualizing and quantitating calcium influx in uv1 cells. Reference: Collins K, et al. Elife. 2016 Nov 16;5. pii: e21126. doi: 10.7554/eLife.21126.

vsIs183 [nlp-3p::GCaMP5::nlp-3 3'UTR + nlp-3p::mCherry::nlp-3 3'UTR + lin-15(+)] X. Integrated transgene using nlp-3 promoter to drive GCaMP5 and mCherry expression in HSN; useful for visualizing and quantitating calcium influx in HSN. Reference: Collins K, et al. Elife. 2016 Nov 16;5. pii: e21126. doi: 10.7554/eLife.21126.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. lucEx1311 (myo-3p::R2pH::LAMP1::3xFLAG::unc-54 3’UTR + ttx-3p::mCherry). Pick mCherry+ to maintain. Reference: Gutierrez-Perez, P. et al. A deeply conserved miR-1 dependent regulon supports muscle cell physiology. bioRxiv, 2020, doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.31.275644.

etyIs1 [gpa-13p::FLPase + sra-6p::FRT::mCherry::StopCodon::FRT::GCaMP6s]. Him. Integrated ASH-specific calcium sensor transgene. Reference: Pechuk V., et al. 2022, Current Biology 32, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.038

syIs423 [15xUAS::?pes-10::GCaMP6s::SL2::mKate2::let-858 3'UTR + myo-2p::NLS::mCherry + 1kb DNA ladder(NEB)]. mirIs19 [nlp-12p::gal-4 + unc-122p::mCherry]. Maintain animals at 25C for several generations to enhance mKate expression in DVA to make it visible with a fluorescence dissection scope. Reference: Das R, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 Sep 17;7(38):eabg4617. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abg4617. PMID: 34533987

nIs534 [odr-1p::GCaMP3 + lin-15(+)]. nEx2314 [odr-1p::gur-3 + ges-1p::GFP]. Pick animals with GFP expression in gut to maintain. odr-1p::gur-3 expression in AWC and AWB causes them to respond to light exposure. Reference: Bhatla N & Horvitz HR. Neuron. 2015 Feb 18;85(4):804-18. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.12.061. PMID: 25640076.

nEx3045 [C32F10.8p::GCaMP3::unc-54 3' UTR + lin-15(+)]. Pick non-Muv animals to maintain array. Line is quite stable, ~80% transmission. Expression of GCaMP3 in pm3, mc1, and in other pharyngeal cells posterior to pm3. Reference: Sando SR, et al. eLife 2021;10:e59341 doi: 10.7554/eLife.59341

HSN defective. Egl. Altered FITC loading of amphid/phasmid.

Defective in dye filling (FITC or DiO) of amphid and phasmid neurons. Chemotaxis defective.

Osmotic avoidance defective. FITC fills most amphid cells.

ADF fills, other amphids are defective.

Bacteria. CeMbio Collection. Natural isolate from Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. LB, 20-26C. More information about collection on the project's wiki: http://www.cembio.uni-kiel.de/. 16S rRNA primer: 27F/1492R. 16S rRNA sequence: CTGAAGAGTTTGATCATGGCTCAGATTGAACGCTGGCGGCAGGCTTAACACATGCAAGTCGAGCGGGGGAGATTGCTTCGGTAATTGACCTAGCGGCGGACGGGTGAGTAATACTTAGGAATCTGCCTATTAATGGGGGACAACATCTCGAAAGGGATGCTAATACCGCATACGCCCTACGGGGGAAAGCAGGGGATCACTTGTGACCTTGCGTTAATAGATGAGCCTAAGTCGGATTAGCTAGTTGGTGGGGTAAAGGCCTACCAAGGCGACGATCTGTAGCGGGTCTGAGAGGATGATCCGCCACACTGGGACTGAGACACGGCCCAGACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTGGGGAATATTGGACAATGGGGGGAACCCTGATCCAGCCATGCCGCGTGTGTGAAGAAGGCCTTATGGTTGTAAAGCACTTTAAGCGAGGAGGAGGCTCTCTTGGTTAATACCCAAGATGAGTGGACGTTACTCGCAGAATAAGCACCGGCTAACTCTGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACAGAGGGTGCGAGCGTTAATCGGATTTACTGGGCGTAAAGCGTGCGTAGGCGGCTTTTTAAGTCGGATGTGAAATCCCCGAGCTTAACTTGGGAATTGCATTCGATACTGGGAAGCTAGAGTATGGGAGAGGATGGTAGAATTCCAGGTGTAGCGGTGAAATGCGTAGAGATCTGGAGGAATACCGATGGCGAAGGCAGCCATCTGGCCTAATACTGACGCTGAGGTACGAAAGCATGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCATGCCGTAAACGATGTCTACTAGCCGTTGGGGCCTTTGAGGCTTTAGTGGCGCAGCTAACGCGATAAGTAGACCGCCTGGGGAGTACGGTCGCAAGACTAAAACTCAAATGAATTGACGGGGGCCCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGATGCAACGCGAAGAACCTTACCTGGTCTTGACATAGTAAGAACTTTCCAGAGATGGATTGGTGCCTTCGGGAACTTACATACAGGTGCTGCATGGCTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACGAGCGCAACCCTTTTCCTTATTTGCCAGCACTTCGGGTGGGAACTTTAAGGATACTGCCAGTGACAAACTGGAGGAAGGCGGGGACGACGTCAAGTCATCATGGCCCTTACGACCAGGGCTACACACGTGCTACAATGGTCGGTACAAAGGGTTGCTACCTAGCGATAGGATGCTAATCTCAAAAAGCCGATCGTAGTCCGGATTGGAGTCTGCAACTCGACTCCATGAAGTCGGAATCGCTAGTAATCGCGGATCAGAATGCCGCGGTGAATACGTTCCCGGGCCTTGTACACACCGCCCGTCACACCATGGGAGTTTGTTGCACCAGAAGTAGGTAGTCTAACCGTAAGGAGGACGCTTACCACGGTGTGGCCGATGACTGGGGTGAAGTCGTAACAAGGTAGCCGTAGGGGAACCTGCGGCTGGATCACCTCCTT GenBank: BioSample SAMN07581341

Bacteria. CeMbio Collection. Natural isolate from Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. LB, 20-26C. More information about collection on the project's wiki: http://www.cembio.uni-kiel.de/. 16S rRNA primer: 27F/1492R. Representative 16S rRNA sequence (5 copies are present in the genome, all very similar): TGAAGAGTTTGATCATGGCTCAGATTGAACGCTGGCGGCAGGCCTAACACATGCAAGTCGAGCGGTAGAGAGAAGCTTGCTTCTCTTGAGAGCGGCGGACGGGTGAGTAATGCCTAGGAATCTGCCTGGTAGTGGGGGATAACGTTCGGAAACGGACGCTAATACCGCATACGTCCTACGGGAGAAAGCAGGGGACCTTCGGGCCTTGCGCTATCAGATGAGCCTAGGTCGGATTAGCTAGTTGGTGGGGTAATGGCTCACCAAGGCGACGATCCGTAACTGGTCTGAGAGGATGATCAGTCACACTGGAACTGAGACACGGTCCAGACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTGGGGAATATTGGACAATGGGCGAAAGCCTGATCCAGCCATGCCGCGTGTGTGAAGAAGGTCTTCGGATTGTAAAGCACTTTAAGTTGGGAGGAAGGGCAGTTGCCTAATACGTAACTGTTTTGACGTTACCGACAGAATAAGCACCGGCTAACTCTGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACAGAGGGTGCAAGCGTTAATCGGAATTACTGGGCGTAAAGCGCGCGTAGGTGGTTTGTTAAGTTGGATGTGAAATCCCCGGGCTCAACCTGGGAACTGCATTCAAAACTGACTGACTAGAGTATGGTAGAGGGTGGTGGAATTTCCTGTGTAGCGGTGAAATGCGTAGATATAGGAAGGAACACCAGTGGCGAAGGCGACCACCTGGACTAATACTGACACTGAGGTGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGTCAACTAGCCGTTGGAAGCCTTGAGCTTTTAGTGGCGCAGCTAACGCATTAAGTTGACCGCCTGGGGAGTACGGCCGCAAGGTTAAAACTCAAATGAATTGACGGGGGCCCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGAAGCAACGCGAAGAACCTTACCAGGCCTTGACATCCAATGAACTTTCTAGAGATAGATTGGTGCCTTCGGGAACATTGAGACAGGTGCTGCATGGCTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGTAACGAGCGCAACCCTTGTCCTTAGTTACCAGCACGTAATGGTGGGCACTCTAAGGAGACTGCCGGTGACAAACCGGAGGAAGGTGGGGATGACGTCAAGTCATCATGGCCCTTACGGCCTGGGCTACACACGTGCTACAATGGTCGGTACAGAGGGTTGCCAAGCCGCGAGGTGGAGCTAATCCCATAAAACCGATCGTAGTCCGGATCGCAGTCTGCAACTCGACTGCGTGAAGTCGGAATCGCTAGTAATCGCGAATCAGAATGTCGCGGTGAATACGTTCCCGGGCCTTGTACACACCGCCCGTCACACCATGGGAGTGGGTTGCACCAGAAGTAGCTAGTCTAACCTTCGGGAGGACGGTTACCACGGTGTGATTCATGACTGGGGTGAAGTCGTAACAAGGTAGCCGTAGGGGAACCTGCGGCTGGATCACCTCCTT GenBank: BioSample SAMN07581396

Bacteria. CeMbio Collection. Natural isolate from Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. LB, 20-26C. Slow grower. More information about collection on the project's wiki: http://www.cembio.uni-kiel.de/. 16S rRNA primer: 27F/1492R. Representative 16S rRNA sequence (5 copies are present in the genome, all very similar): CTTGAGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAGAACGAACGCTGGCGGCAGGCTTAACACATGCAAGTCGAACGGTCTCTTCGGAGGCAGTGGCAGACGGGTGAGTAACGCGTGGGAATCTACCTTTTGCTACGGAACAACAGTTGGAAACGACTGCTAATACCGTATGTGTCCTTCGGGAGAAAGATTTATCGGCAAAGGATGAGCCCGCGTTGGATTAGCTAGTTGGTAGGGTAAAGGCCTACCAAGGCGACGATCCATAGCTGGTCTGAGAGGATGATCAGCCACACTGGGACTGAGACACGGCCCAGACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTGGGGAATATTGGACAATGGGCGCAAGCCTGATCCAGCCATGCCGCGTGAGTGATGAAGGCCCTAGGGTTGTAAAGCTCTTTCACCGGTGAAGATAATGACGGTAACCGGAGAAGAAGCCCCGGCTAACTTCGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGAAGGGGGCTAGCGTTGTTCGGATTTACTGGGCGTAAAGCGCACGTAGGCGGACTTTTAAGTCAGGGGTGAAATCCCGGGGCTCAACCCCGGAACTGCCTTTGATACTGGAAGTCTTGAGTATGGTAGAGGTGAGTGGAATTCCGAGTGTAGAGGTGAAATTCGTAGATATTCGGAGGAACACCAGTGGCGAAGGCGGCTCACTGGACCATTACTGACGCTGAGGTGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGAATGTTAGCCGTTGGGGAGTTTACTCTTCGGTGGCGCAGCTAACGCATTAAACATTCCGCCTGGGGAGTACGGTCGCAAGATTAAAACTCAAAGGAATTGACGGGGGCCCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGAAGCAACGCGCAGAACCTTACCAGCCCTTGACATACCGGTCGCGGACACAGAGATGTGTCTTTCAGTTCGGCTGGACCGGATACAGGTGCTGCATGGCTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACGAGCGCAACCCTCGCCCTTAGTTGCCAGCATTTAGTTGGGCACTCTAAGGGGACTGCCAGTGATAAGCTGGAGGAAGGTGGGGATGACGTCAAGTCCTCATGGCCCTTACGGGCTGGGCTACACACGTGCTACAATGGTGGTGACAGTGGGCAGCGAGCGTGCGAGCGCAAGCTAATCTCCAAAAGCCATCTCAGTTCGGATTGCACTCTGCAACTCGAGTGCATGAAGTTGGAATCGCTAGTAATCGCGGATCAGCATGCCGCGGTGAATACGTTCCCGGGCCTTGTACACACCGCCCGTCACACCATGGGAGTTGGTTTTACCCGAAGGCACTGTGCTAACCGCAAGGAGGCAGGTGACCACGGTAGGGTCAGCGACTGGGGTGAAGTCGTAACAAGGTAGCCGTAGGGGAACCTGCGGCTGGATCACCTCCTTT GenBank: BioSample SAMN07581412

WT C. elegans. From Cambridge collection-originally frozen around 1968: In 1980, in order to establish an ancestral stock, Jonathan Hodgkin thawed one of the earliest frozen tubes of N2, dating from 1968. From this plate J.H. grew up a population en masse (without subculturing) on NGM plates (about 2 generations). Multiple samples of this were frozen in order to provide a reference N2 stock. This set of stock samples was replenished by regrowth in 1985 and 1991, using the same procedure, and a freshly thawed sample was sent to the CGC in 1993. Thus, samples from this frozen stock, called N2 (ancestral), should be only about 6 generations away from the stock used by Sydney Brenner as his standard WT N2. [Isolated from mushroom compost near Bristol, England by L.N. Staniland. Cultured by W.L. Nicholas, identified to genus by Gunther Osche and species by Victor Nigon; subsequently cultured by C.E. Dougherty. Given to Sydney Brenner ca. 1966.] Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolate. Note: N2 (ancestral) has reduced lifespan and fertility relative to the standard CGC N2 strains. See Worm Breeder's Gazette 16(5): 24 (February 1,2001).

vlcEx1292 [srh-142p::mCherry::SL2::GCaMP3 + unc-122p::RFP]. Maintain at or below 20C; sterile at 25C. Pick animals with RFP+ coelomocytes to maintain. ADF-specific expression of GCaMP3. Reference: Maicas et al. PLOS Biology 2021; 19(7): e3001334. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001334

PVP varicosities, amphid -, phasmid - , CEP+.

Excretory canal defect. Large fluid-filled cysts appear randomly along the excretory canal, especially at the tips: 100% penetrant. Cysts often visible as clear spots by low-power microscopy. Shortened canals. Smaller cysts in amphid sheath. Stop mutation in 2nd Ras-like IRGP domain. Encodes homologue of human IRGC. [NOTE (08/2025): The correct genotype of this strain is exc-1(rh26), not exc-3(rh26) as previously described.]

Paralyzed Unc. Abnormal excretory canal. Abnormal amphid sheath cell.

Caenorhabditis inopinata wild isolate; 10x inbred line. Male-Female. Maintain by mating at 25C or above; does not grow well at 20C. See reference for the details d(https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05712-5). Sibling species of C. elegans. Inbred 10 times, full genome sequence available. Frozen stock recovery is lower efficiency than C. elegans with glycerol; DMSO method works more efficiently. Adult: Large and slender species; ca. 1.5–2.5?mm in length, and individuals may reach up 3.0?mm under optimal culturing conditions. Cuticle is moderate to thick with four-lined lateral field. Deirids on the lateral field, at the level slightly behind the secretory–excretory pore. Lip separated into six sectors, not clearly offset. Six labial sensilla and four cephalic sensilla present. The anterior end of each lip sector very slightly elongated and forming six stomatal flaps. Amphid small, oval pore-like, at the level of the margin of cheilo and gymnostom. Tube-like stoma separated into three parts; short tube-like cheilostom; simple tube-like gymnostom, which is weakly separated into two subsections; and tube-like stegostom covered by pharyngeal sleeve, which is separated into four subsections, prostegostom, mesostegostom, metastegostom, and telostegostom. Metastegostomatal three teeth flap-like. Pharynx separated into four sections; procorpus forming muscular tube, well-developed metacorpus (median bulb); glandular and narrow isthmus; and basal bulb with double haustrulum as the glottoid apparatus. Pharyngo-intestinal valve (cardia) prominent. Nerve ring around the middle of isthmus. Excretory pore located around the margin of isthmus and basal bulb. Female: Gonadal system didelphic, amphidelphic. Anterior and posterior gonadal system are basically symmetric with each other, arranged as ovary, oviduct, spermatheca, spermathecal-uterus junction tissue, uterus and vulva/vagina from distal. Sometimes more than 20 developing eggs are deposited. Tail conical or forming slightly elongated conus with pointed tip. Anus and rectum clearly visible; three (two subventral and one dorsal) rectal glands present. Phasmid forming small pore at ca. 60% of total tail length from anus. Male: Testis single, anteriorly reflexed rightwardly. Vas deferens occupying ca. 1/5 of total gonadal length. Tail enveloped by a closed bursa, supported by nine pairs of bursal rays. Anterior cloacal lip with a rounded and sclerotized appendage and bulge-like appendage between rounded appendage and cloacal opening; a small sensilla-like papilla on the bulge-like appendage. Posterior cloacal lip with tongue-like appendage with two cloacal sensilla. Spicules paired, separate, long and slender with evenly slightly ventrally curved blade and simply pointed tip. Gubernaculum slender, ventrally arcuate with small squared appendage at the distal end in lateral view. Bursa heart-shaped in ventral view, anteriorly closed with serrated edge; serratae obvious in anterior half and vague in posterior half; terminal notch present but unclear. The nine pairs of genital papillae or bursal rays supporting the bursal velum with an arranged (2/1?+?1?+?2?+?3).

Defective in dye filling (FITC or DiO) of amphid and phasmid neurons. Chemotaxis defective. Throws males.

otIs39 [unc-47(delta)::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Expressed in RMEL/R, AVL, RIS, DVB, PVT and unidentified amphid sensory neuron pair.

otIs672 [rab-3::NLS::GCaMP6s + arrd-4:NLS:::GCaMP6s]. Bright panneuronal nuclear GCaMP6s expression. Reference: Yemini E, et al. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/676312v1

otIs672 [rab-3::NLS::GCaMP6s + arrd-4:NLS:::GCaMP6s]. See description of strain OH15262 for full description of otIs669 NeuroPAL (Neuronal Polychromatic Atlas of Landmarks) transgene (Yemini E, et al. Cell. 2021 Jan 7;184(1):272-288.e11. PMID: 33378642). Bottlenecked 23x for isogenicity. Slow growing. Reference: Yemini E, et al. Cell. 2021 Jan 7;184(1):272-288.e11. PMID: 33378642 Free pre-print available at https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/676312v2

otIs672 [rab-3::NLS::GCaMP6s + arrd-4::NLS::GCaMP6s]. otIs670 provides a healthier alternative to otIs669, performing better in a variety of phenotypic assays. See description of strain OH15263 for full description of otIs670 NeuroPAL (Neuronal Polychromatic Atlas of Landmarks) transgene. Reference: Yemini E, et al. Cell. 2021 Jan 7;184(1):272-288.e11. PMID: 33378642 Free pre-print available at https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/676312v2

wtfIs5 [rab-3p::NLS::GCaMP6s + rab-3p::NLS::tagRFP]. Integrated calcium indicator GCaMP6s and calcium-insensitive fluorescent protein RFP in the nuclei of all neurons. otIs696 [UPN::NLS::TagRFP-T + acr-5::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + flp-1::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + flp-6::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + flp-18::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + flp-19::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + flp-26::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + gcy-18::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + ggr-3::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + lim-4::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + pdfr-1::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + srab-20::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + unc-25::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + cho-1::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + flp-13::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + flp-20::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + gcy-36::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + gpa-1::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + nlp-12::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + nmr-1::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + ocr-1::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + osm-9::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + srh-79::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + sri-1::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + srsx-3::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + unc-8::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + acr-2::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + ceh-2::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + dat-1::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + dhc-3::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + eat-4::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + flp-3::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + gcy-35::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + glr-1::NLS::mNeptune2.5 + gcy-21::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B::T2A::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + klp-6::NLS::mNeptune2.5::T2A::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + lim-6::NLS::mNeptune2.5::T2A::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B + mbr-1::NLS::mNeptune2.5::T2A::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + mec-3::NLS::CyOFP1::H2B::T2A::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + odr-1::NLS::mNeptune2.5::T2A::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B + srab-20::NLS::mNeptune2.5::T2A::NLS::mTagBFP2::H2B] V. UPN (Ultra Pan-Neuronal) promoter contains four short pan-neuronal promoters fused together (unc-11::rgef-1::ehs-1::ric-19). NeuroPAL (Neuronal Polychromatic Atlas of Landmarks) transgene used to resolve unique neural identities in whole-brain images. Reference: Yemini E, et al. Cell. 2021 Jan 7;184(1):272-288.e11. PMID: 33378642 Free pre-print available at https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/676312v2

wtfIs5 [rab-3p::NLS::GCaMP6s + rab-3p::NLS::tagRFP]. Integrated calcium indicator GCaMP6s and calcium-insensitive fluorescent protein RFP in the nuclei of all neurons. otIs670 provides a healthier alternative to otIs669, performing better in a variety of phenotypic assays. See description of strain OH15263 for full description of otIs670 NeuroPAL (Neuronal Polychromatic Atlas of Landmarks) transgene (Yemini E, et al. Cell. 2021 Jan 7;184(1):272-288.e11. PMID: 33378642). Reference: Yemini E, et al. Cell. 2021 Jan 7;184(1):272-288.e11. PMID: 33378642 Free pre-print available at https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/676312v2

otIs39 [unc-47(delta)::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Expressed in RMEL/R, AVL, RIS, DVB, PVT and unidentified amphid sensory neuron pair.