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WT strain, Pelodera strongyloides. Isolated in April 1948 from pustules in the skin of a cow with dermatitis in central Illinois (see Levine et al 1950). Gonochoristic. May cause dermatitis in mammals (such as domesticated animals, and, rarely, humans). Grows well at 16-24C on OP50. Dauer larvae are the infective stage and are thermotactic. Freezes easily with C. elegans protocols with 70% viability. Previously called Pelodera strongyloides dermatitica by the CGC.

WT strain. Rhabditis (Pellioditis) typica. Male/Female strain. Isolated by W. Sudhaus on Sept. 3, 1973 from feces of an antelope in Tsavo National Park, Kenya. See WBG 12(5) 14. Formerly known as Rhabditis (Pellioditis) typica.

WT strain. Oscheius sp. See WBG 12(5) 14. Male/Female strain. Collected by a Belgian expedition to the Galapagos archipelago. From Gaetan Borgonie, Gent University, Belgium.

Male/Female strain. Pelodera strongyloides. See WBG 12(5) 14. Originally came from Victor Ambros.

NOTE: To freeze this strain, heat shock at 37°C for 1 hr and add CaCl2 2mM in freezing solution.

Formerly known as Rhabditis axei. Isolated by Elie S. Dolgin in 2006 from agricultural soil at Naivasha, Kenya (0º50'S 36º22'E); isolate number NV-SH-2. First frozen by Fitch laboratory 9/5/2006. Gonochoristic. Grows well on NGM plates and OP50 at 20-25C. Freezes easily with C. elegans protocols with 70% viability. DF5097 was verified to be R. axei by intercrossing it with DF5006 and observing that their resulting F1 and F2 hybrid offspring were healthy and fertile. At 33C, DF5097 can live up to three days, although they developmentally arrest as late larvae or young adults, fail to produce offspring, and eventually die; in contrast, DF5006 either dies or arrests as first-stage (L1) larvae. Returning DF5097 to 20C from 33C rescues them from developmental arrest and death, and allows them to become fertile adults; in contrast, when DF5006 L1 larvae are returned to 20C, they sometimes grow to later stage larvae, but never grow to fertile adults. Thus, DF5097 shows clearly superior resistance to heat over DF5006; it shows somewhat greater fertility than DF5098 (which also withstands 33C) after being returned to 20C.

Formerly known as Rhabditis axei. Isolated by Elie S. Dolgin in 2006 from fungus at Limuru, Kenya (1º05'S 36º39'E); isolate number LI-OM-B-1&4. First frozen by Fitch laboratory 9/5/2006. Gonochoristic. Grows well on NGM plates and OP50 at 20-25C. Freezes easily with C. elegans protocols with >20% viability. DF5098 was verified to be R. axei by intercrossing it with DF5006 and observing that their resulting F1 and F2 hybrid offspring were healthy and fertile. At 33C, DF5098 can live for up to three days, although they developmentally arrest as late larvae or young adults, fail to produce offspring, and eventually die; in contrast, DF5006 either dies or arrests as first-stage (L1) larvae. Returning DF5098 to 20C from 33C rescues them from developmental arrest and death, and allows them to become fertile adults; in contrast, when DF5006 L1 larvae are returned to 20C, they sometimes grow to later larvae, but never grow to fertile adults. Thus, DF5098 shows clearly superior resistance to heat over DF5006; it shows somewhat lower fertility than DF5097 (which also withstands 33C) after being returned to 20C.

20x inbred line derived from DF5077. Male-female strain. Heat shock 2.5-3.0 hrs at 30C immediately prior to freezing.

Isofemale line. Isolated from a rotten lemon collected at Chan Chich Lodge in the town of Gallon Jug, Orange Walk, Belize (17.56399°N, 89.046282°W) on 11/15/12.

Male-female strain. 20x inbred line derived from TMG13. Heat shock 2.5-3.0 hrs at 30C immediately prior to freezing.

Superficial wild type. DG3430 was segregated from DG3373 [sacy-1(tn1385) I; acy-4(ok1806) V]. Reference: Kim S, et al. 2012 Genetics

tnEx159 [sacy-1p::GFP::sacy-1 + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type to maintain. Transgene rescues sacy-1(tm5503) sterility. Reference: Kim S, et al. 2012 Genetics

Segregates WT GFP+ heterozygotes, non-GFP sacy-1(tm5503) sterile animals, very rare GFP+ homozygous hT2, and dead eggs. Maintain by picking wild-type GFP+. Reference: Kim S, et al. 2012 Genetics

tnEx195 [inx-8(+) + inx-9(+) + sur-5::GFP]. Pick GFP+ animals to maintain. Animals carrying tnEx195 are wild-type; animals that have lost the array are sterile and produce few germ cells. Reference: Starich TA, Hall DH, Greenstein D. Genetics. 2014 Nov;198(3):1127-53.

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tnEx212 [pod-2(+) + sur-5::GFP]. Pick GFP+ animals to maintain. sur-5::gfp(+) animals are wild type and segregate GFP(+) wild-type animals and GFP(-) pod-2(tn1691) dead embryos. tn1691 deletes ~15 kb within pod-2, including most of Exon 2 through to and including the stop codon (but not the polyA site). Reference: Starich TA, et al. eLife 2020;9:e58619 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.58619 PMID: 32735213

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mNeonGreen and Flag tags inserted at 5' end of endogenous cpg-1 locus. Superficially wild type.

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Homozygous lethal deletion balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate wild-type GFP heterozygotes, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP tn1762 homozygotes (dead embryos and L1 larvae). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick wild-type GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. tn1762 is a ~9.2 kb deletion within fasn-1, including Exon 2 thru to 57 nt preceding stop codon. Reference: Starich TA, et al. eLife 2020;9:e58619 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.58619 PMID: 32735213

Homozygous ok2424 animal are viable and fertile, but will go sterile in successive generations. Homozygous sterile deletion chromosome balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP ok2424 homozygotes (superficially wild-type with some sterility). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Maintain by picking GFP+ heterozygotes and checking for correct segregation of progeny to maintain a balanced stock. Derived from parental strain RB1874, originally provided to the CGC by the OMRF Knockout Group, part of the International C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium. Paper_evidence WBPaper00041807

DH subclone of C. briggsae Zuckerman. This stock was maintained in liquid culture for some number of years, and has acquired mutations that have not been named or mapped. It is Unc, dauer-defective and ts lethal. Previously called C. briggsae BO. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Interfertile with N2. Survives freezing lin liquid nitrogen. Temperature sensitive. Brood size like N2. Generation time like N2. Spontaneous males. Reference WBG 10(2) 140-141. Isolated in El Prieto Canyon, CA. Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolate (Tc1 pattern HCC). For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

C. elegans wild isolate. Reference: Andersen EC, et al. Nat Genet. 2012 Jan 29;44(3):285-90. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

C. elegans wild isolate. Reference: Andersen EC, et al. Nat Genet. 2012 Jan 29;44(3):285-90. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

C. elegans wild isolate. Reference: Andersen EC, et al. Nat Genet. 2012 Jan 29;44(3):285-90. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Superficially wild-type. sup-36 suppresses temperature-sensitive lethality of pha-1(e2123). Constructed by crossing GE24 and MT14541.

Superficially wild-type. Temperature-sensistive. Maintain at 15C. hsp-1(ra807) is a missense allele that replaces the conserved Ala379 residue to a Val residue in the ATPase domain of the HSP-1 protein and fully suppresses the bent-head phenotype of unc-23(e25). Animals are sterile or arrest development as larvae at when grown at 20-25C. Reference: Rahmani P, Rogalski T, Moerman DG. (2015) Worm. In press.

raEx118 [T05G5.1p::ZK637.3 ORF(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Wild-type background with extrachromosomal array carrying dominant rol-6 and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx143 [T05G5.1p::M01E11.7 ORF(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Wild-type background with extrachromosomal array carrying dominant rol-6 and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx145 [T05G5.1p::Y71F9B.3 ORF(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Wild-type background with extrachromosomal array carrying dominant rol-6 and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx146 [T05G5.1p::C49H3.6 ORF(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Wild-type background with extrachromosomal array carrying dominant rol-6 and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx172 [T05G5.1p::F53E2.1 ORF(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Wild-type background with extrachromosomal array carrying dominant rol-6 and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx174 [T05G5.1p::T27A1.4 ORF(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Wild-type background with extrachromosomal array carrying dominant rol-6 and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx176 [T05G5.1p::Y39A1C.1 ORF(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Wild-type background with extrachromosomal array carrying dominant rol-6 and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx184 [T05G5.1p::F22D6.2 ORF(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6]. Wild-type background with extrachromosomal array carrying dominant rol-6 and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx210 [T05G5.1p::C32D5.9 ORF(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6]. Wild-type background with extrachromosomal array carrying dominant rol-6 and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx213 [T05G5.1p::T03G6.3 ORF(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6]. Wild-type background with extrachromosomal array carrying dominant rol-6 and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx219 [T05G5.1pW03F9.1 ORF(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6]. Wild-type background with extrachromosomal array carrying dominant rol-6 and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx226 [T05G5.1p::B0303.2 ORF(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6]. Wild-type background with extrachromosomal array carrying dominant rol-6 and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx237 [T05G5.1p::C08F8.1 ORF(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6]. Wild-type background with extrachromosomal array carrying dominant rol-6 and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx243 [T05G5.1p::C16C10.11 ORF(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6]. Wild-type background with extrachromosomal array carrying dominant rol-6 and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx245 [T05G5.1p::Y40B1B.7 ORF(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6]. Wild-type background with extrachromosomal array carrying dominant rol-6 and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.