Search Strains

vxEx265 [gcy-8p::ICE + myo-2p:mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain. Expresses human caspase (ICE) to ablate AFD neurons. Reference: Vidal-Gadea AG, et al. Elife. 2015 Jun 17;4. doi: 10.7554/eLife.07493.

vxEx277 [mec-3p::ICE + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick animals with mCherry expression in the pharynx to maintain the array. vxEx277 expresses a human cell death caspase (ICE) to ablate six touch neurons (ALML, ALMR, AVM, PLML, PLMR, and PVM), FLP, and PVD. Reference: Russell J, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jun 3;111(22):8269-74.

vxEx280 [sto-5p::ICE + gcy-8::ICE + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain. Genetic ablation of AFDL, AFDR, FLPL, FLPR, BDUL, and BDUR via expression of a human cell death caspase (ICE). Reference: Russell J, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2014 Jun 3;111(22):8269-74.

vxEx280 [sto-5p::ICE + gcy-8::ICE + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick animals with mCherry expression in the pharynx to maintain the array. Genetic ablation of AFD, FLP, and BDU via expression of a human cell death caspase (ICE). Reference: Russell J, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2014 Jun 3;111(22):8269-74.

vxEx280 [sto-5p::ICE + gcy-8::ICE + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick animals with mCherry expression in the pharynx to maintain the array. Genetic ablation of AFD, FLP, and BDU via expression of a human cell death caspase (ICE). Reference: Russell J, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2014 Jun 3;111(22):8269-74.

vxEx582 [gcy-8p::ICE + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick animals with mCherry expression in the pharynx to maintain the array. Genetic ablation of AFD via expression of a human cell death caspase (ICE). Reference: Russell J, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2014 Jun 3;111(22):8269-74.

Halicephalobus mephisto wild isolate. Grow at 37C: can survive higher temperatures than C. elegans. Useful model organism for studying heat tolerance; has expanded Hsp70 and AIG1 gene families. Has approximately 1.15% snp heterozygosity. Parthenogenetic reproduction so it cannot be out-crossed. References: Borgonie G, et al. Nature. 2011 Jun 2;474(7349):79-82. Weinstein DJ, et al. Nat Commun. 2019 Nov 21;10(1):5268.

Daf-c (partial dauer), vulval abnormalities, broken alae, gonadal migration defects, low brood size, short lifespan. May grow better at 15C. Strain is healthier when recovered from starved plates by chunking than when continuously propagated. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

Adults Age and Itt, but not Unc (class 1 allele). sa193 results in an amino acid substitution(A580T) in the extracellular portion of the DAF-2 receptor (specifically, the L2 domain).

Responds poorly to dauer pheromone.

Responds poorly to dauer pheromone. Low brood size. Egl. Gonadal left/right reversal. Mab.

Nrf, Peg, accumulates yolk in pseudo-coelomic space, slow growing, partial embryonic lethality.

Nrf, Peg, accumulates yolk in pseudo-coelomic space, slow growing, partial embryonic lethality.

Moderate Nrf. Produces pale eggs (Peg) but does not accumulate yolk in pseudo-coelomic space.

Long defecation cycle period. Slightly slow growing and scrawny. Reduced brood size, especially at 25C. See also WBPaper00003693; previously called dec-4(sa73).

Male spicule defect.

CRISPR-engineered KO strain of haps-1 made by knock-in of tandem stop codons to the first exon of endogenous haps-1 locus. haps-1(C48B6.3) is the C. elegans ortholog of human HAPSTR1. haps-1(ljt1) is superficially wild-type when cultured at 20C, but is hypersensitive to paraquat (redox stress), MLN4924 (neddylation inhibition), and camptothecin (genotoxic stress). Reference: Amici DR, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Jul 5;119(27):e2111262119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2111262119. PMID: 35776542.

Isolated from rotting orange fruits, Garden Catalina de Ribera, Sevilla, Spain sampled on 29 Mar 08 by MAF. Not bleached. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Isolated from Rumina decollata snail #4, sampled in front of the Parador of Carmona, Spain on 31 Mar 08 by MAF. Plated 3 Apr 08. Isolated as adult on 9 Apr 08. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Isolated from rotting palm fruit sampled by MAF on 9 June 2008 in the Park Guëll, Barcelona, Spain. Picked as young adult on 11 June 2008. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

mfIs70 [lin-31p::rde-1 + myo2p::GFP]. mfIs70 is a spontaneous integration in LG IV. Superficially wild-type. This strain can be used for Pn.p-specific RNAi. Reference: Barkoulas et al. (2013) Developmental Cell Jan 14;24(1):64-75

mfIs70 [lin-31p::rde-1 + myo2p::GFP]. mfIs70 is a spontaneous integration in LG IV. Superficially wild-type. This strain can be used for Pn.p-specific RNAi. Reference: Barkoulas et al. (2013) Developmental Cell Jan 14;24(1):64-75

From Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France, 6 Aug 02. Isolated from a decomposing Helix aspersa snail containing maggots (same snail as JU280, JU296). For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Mesorhabditis okuensis wild isolate. Male-female strain: maintain by crossing. Typically very few males on plates (only 10%); might be necessary to transfer large chunks to the new plates to ensure enough males are transferred. This species displays a striking reproductive system (described in Grosmaire & al. Science 2019. doi: 10.1126/science.aau0099).

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

mScarlet-I::AID*::3xFlag tags inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous ifet-1 locus. wrdSi3 [sun-1p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (II:0.77). Germline and early embryo-specific expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and tissue-specific AID-tagged blue protein in germline and early embryo nuclei. ifet-1 visualized by mScarlet in oocytes with inducible acute degradation when grown on 4mM auxin. No defect in hermaphrodite embryo viability. Reference: Bhatia P, et al. Life Sci Alliance. 2025 May 29;8(8):e202503387. doi: 10.26508/lsa.202503387. PMID: 40441896.

Triple mutant of the three spinster paralogs expressed exclusively in somatic tissues. Reference: Villalobos TV, et al. Nat Aging. 2023 Sep;3(9):1091-1106. PMID: 37580394.

seaSi40 [(pCFJ448) (eft-3p::fmo-2 + H2B::GFP) + Cbr-unc-119(+)] I. Higher level of FMO-2 over-expression compared to KAE9. Improved healthspan, stress resistance and longevity. Reference: Leiser SF, et al. Science 350.6266 (2015): 1375-8.

seaIs201 [myo-3p::human tau (0N4R;V337M)::unc-54 3'UTR + vha-6p::mCherry::unc-54 3'UTR]. Reduced crawling speed, reduced brood size, shortened lifespan, slow development, early paralysis. Human tau transgene is expressed in body wall muscles, producing strong phenotypes suitable for screening and is sensitive to knockdown by feeding RNAi. Generated in N2 background.

seaSi39 [(pCFJ448) (eft-3p::fmo-2 + H2B::GFP) + Cbr-unc-119(+)] I. Lower level of FMO-2 over-expression compared to KAE10. Improved healthspan, stress resistance and longevity. Reference: Leiser SF, et al. Science 350.6266 (2015): 1375-8.

Pick GFP+ to maintain balanced stock. Heterozygotes are superficially wild-type GFP+ and segregate wild-type GFP+ (heterozygotes), arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP glh-4 glh-1 homozygotes (sterile; incompletely penetrant). NOTE (K. Bennett, 2012): KB4 strain is only 63% sterile at 20C and 92% sterile at 26C (Spike et al., Genetics 2008 178:1973). glh-1(ok439) is not a null allele.

Slowed development. Increased life span. Decreased embyronic viability. Decreased brood sizes.

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.

Defective response to short wavelength light; response strongly reduced but not eliminated. All other characteristics seem wild type, including reponse to mechanosensory stimuli. Strong, probably null, allele. This mutation also blocks the coordinated light response of unc-31(e928) and egl-30(ad805). To identify lite-1 homozygous mutants when crossing into different backgrounds, use a fluorescence stereomicroscope with a GFP filter and zoom to the hightest magnification (60-100X) to distinguish Lite from non-Lite animals. This works best when the animals are mired in thicker parts of the food to slow their spontaneous locomotion but not their response to light. Scan animals around the edge of the food where it is thickest. Leave the lid of the plate off for a minute or so before starting to let the animals adjust to air currents.

Mild locomotory defects, sluggish response to physical stimuli, and reduced thrashing rate. Phenotype more severe than ok3. ok2 is a 1189 bp deletion (III:9519159-9520346) removing amino acids 314-693 and inserting a glutamic acid at the deletion site. Flanking sequence: GACCGACTTCCAACCAGTTACCCAG...ATGTTATGAAGTTCAATCCGGATTGTTTCTC ATCAAATGT.

Mild locomotory defects, sluggish response to physical stimuli, and reduced thrashing rate. Phenotype less severe than ok2. ok3 is a 1047 bp deletion (III:9518654-9519699) and 13 nucleotude insertion (producing two termination codons) resulting in a protein truncated at amino acid 693 plus an inserted glutamic acid. Flanking sequence: GCTCGAGGATGCTGCTCACAAACTGAAAATG...GAATAGTATCCGTGAATAGTATCCG TGAAGATTCTG.

ceIs201 [unc-17p::ins-22::Venus + unc-17p::RFP + unc-17p::ssmCherry + myo-2p::RFP]; integration site maps to I:0.77. Expresses INS-22::Venus to mark Dense Core Vesicles in the cholinergic nervous system, including the ventral cord cholinergic motor neurons. Also expresses mCherry in the same neurons to help identify the boundaries of the somas, axons, and dendrites. ssmCherry is mCherry with a secretion signal on its N-terminus, which is constitutively secreted and taken up by coelomoctyes in the pseuodcoelomic space, making it a useful marker for those coelomocytes. The INS-22::Venus also gets secreted by DCVs and taken up by coelomocytes. The myo-2::RFP is a co-tranformation marker that lights up the pharyngeal muscle cells and is useful for crossing the integrant into various mutant backgrounds. Reference: Hoover CM, et al. Genetics. 2014 Mar;196(3):745-65.

Superficially wild-type on plates. Shows defects in the transport and capture of dense core vesicles and synaptic vesicles in cholinergic motor neurons. Suppresses organelle accumulation (lysosomes, early endosomes, Golgi) in axons in an unc-16(-) background. Reference: Edwards SL, et al. Genetics. 2015 Sep;201(1):91-116. Edwards SL, et al. Genetics. 2015 Sep;201(1):117-41.

ceIs259 [unc-129p::RFP::syn-13 + unc-129p::Venus + ttx-3p::RFP]; Inserted at center of LG IV. Expresses RFP::SYN-13 to mark early endosomes in a set of 9 DA/DB cholinergic motor neurons in the ventral nerve cord. unc-129::Venus fills the neuron and thus is useful for identifying regions and can also be used as a control for effects on expression of the transgene. Reference: Edwards SL, et al. Genetics. 2015 Sep;201(1):91-116. Edwards SL, et al. (manuscript in revision). "Sentryn Acts with a Subset of Active Zone Proteins in the Guided Transport and Capture of Synaptic Vesicles in Caenorhabditis elegans."

ceIs269 [unc-129p::tomm-20::Venus + unc-129p::mCherry + ttx-3p::RFP]; Integration in Chromosome I (near genetic position -3.20 or 1.14). The ttx-3 marker is quite faint in this strain especially in larvae. The tomm-20::Venus construct was injected at 0.5 ng/ ul in the strain used to make this integrant, so virtually all of the visible tomm-20::Venus signal s associated with mitochondria with essentially no background. The unc-129p::mCherry marker is expressed at a very low level that are detectable only with a sensitive camera (and often not by eye at 1000X). In strains lacking mitochondria in the dorsal cord, use the camera to focus on the mCherry in the dorsal cord, then acquire in the YFP channel.

Lox P sites in 3' UTR and 4th intron flank kinesin motor domain sequences; sup-1(e995) mini-gene inserted in second intron. Appears wild-type on plates and in quantitative locomotion assays. Can be used to conditionally delete gene sequences encoding the conventional kinesin motor domain in a tissue specific manner by driving expression of Cre recombinase in the tissue of interest. Reference: Stec N, et al. (Submitted). An Intron Compatible Marker for Long Distance CRISPR Mediated Gene Editing in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Superficially wild type on plates. Slight (<10%), but significant, expansion of synaptic vesicles from the synaptic region of the DA9 motor neuron into the flanking asynaptic regions. Synaptic vesicles also showed a slight but significant accumulation in rimb-1 mutant dendrites in the DA9 motor neuron (192 +/- 32% compared to wild type; N=15; P=.015). The sequence GC TAG C TAA A TGA (3 successive stop codons in different reading frames) was inserted after codon 16 of the rimb-1 gene; described in Edwards SL, et al. (manuscript in revision). "Sentryn Acts with a Subset of Active Zone Proteins in the Guided Transport and Capture of Synaptic Vesicles in Caenorhabditis elegans."

ceIs308 [mig-13p::ins-22::Emerald + mig-13p::mCherry + odr-1p::RFP]; Linked to IVC (ceP86; 3.37): 0/17 recombinants. Expresses INS-22::Emerald to mark Dense Core Vesicles in the the DA9 and VA12 cholinergic motor neurons, and also mCherry in the same neurons to help identify the boundaries of the somas, axons, and dendrites. Useful for visualizing Dense Core Vesicles in a single, well-segregated neuron in living animals. When picking homozygotes from crosses with other strains, focus on the brightness of the RFP puncta in the cord. Autofluorescence in the worm body can make it difficult to gauge differences in brightness of the odr-1::RFP marker. Reference: Edwards SL, et al. (manuscript in revision). "Sentryn Acts with a Subset of Active Zone Proteins in the Guided Transport and Capture of Synaptic Vesicles in Caenorhabditis elegans."

The Auxin Inducible Degron (AID*) flanked by a 5X Myc/spacer tag on left and a single spacer on the right is fused to the N-terminus of the unc-104 gene. Allows conditional degradation of UNC-104 protein when combined with tissue specific expression of TIR1 in the presence of 1 mM Auxin in plate media. Note: KG5148 does not express TIR1. On standard plates: wild type growth, appearance, and locomotion rate. For animals expressing a TIR1 transgene in the nervous system: Animals that hatch and develop on 1 mM Auxin plates generally remain tightly coiled near the location of hatching and exhibit slow growth (up to 7 days to reach adulthood, with 98% reaching adulthood by 7 days). Adults placed on Auxin abruptly lose about 75% of their locomotion function between 6 and 12 hours after plating. The remaining locomotion function is lost gradually between 12 and 52 hours. Reference: Stec N, et al. (Submitted). An Intron Compatible Marker for Long Distance CRISPR Mediated Gene Editing in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Short. Relatively constant motion (coordinated hyperactivity). Adults quickly become Egl-d and most have vulval bump. Hypersensitive to stimuli. Loopy backing, but does not like to back, especially after repeated stimuli. Terminal phenotype is usually bag of worms. Population tends to severely crash after 2-3 weeks of starvation. Dominant, gain-of-function allele. Heterozygotes are also hyperactive and difficult to tell apart from homozygotes. Mutation is G45R. Sequence in WT: GGC GCC G GA GAG AGC. Sequence in ce94: GGC GCC A GA GAG AGC.

Adults generally short, although some can reach near normal length. Slow growth rate. Backing can be loopy, but does not like to back. Strongly hypersensitive to stimuli. Relatively constant spontaneous movement. Some clustering especially in response to stimuli. Mature adults have vulval bump. Most young adults are Egl-c and young embryos can be found on the plate. Some mature adults become moderately Egl-d. Recessive allele. Males are small and slow growing. Mutation is R92C, which is a conserved residue in the 10 amino acid inhibitory domain that normally functions to keep protein kinase A turned off in the absence of cAMP. Population tends to severely crash within 2-3 weeks of starvation.

Maternal effect lethal mutation. High incidence of males in surviving offspring. Not rescued by male mating. Temperature sensitive.

Strain grows normally at 16C. Egg laying is slightly delayed at 20C. Hermaphrodites and males have a maternal effect, temperature-sensitive sterile phenotype at 25.5C. Therefore, L4s shifted to 25.5C will lay offspring, but the offspring will be 90-100% sterile.

pka not-3. Loss of function allele. Defective in response to nose touch but not to osmotic repellents.

sf1003 is a CRISPR-engineered deletion in aat-1. aat-1(sf1003) mutants show elevated pumping rates and enhanced learning capacity compared to well-fed wild type animals (similar to nkat-1 mutants). Reference: Lin L, et al. Genes Dev. 2020 Aug 1;34(15-16):1033-1038. doi: 10.1101/gad.339119.120. PMID: 32675325.