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Cold-sensitive lethal allele. Viable at >18C. Strongly hypersensitive to many drugs.

Viable dumpy. Suppressor allele of dpy-17: lethality of dpy-31(e2770) suppressed by e2898. Reference: Novelli et al. (2006) PMID: 16452136.

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

Slightly dumpy. Variable cold-sensitive lethal (poor viability at 15C). Unusual missense allele (D297G) of sqt-3, suppresses dpy-31 lethality. Reference: Novelli et al. (2006) PMID: 16452136.

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.

Weak dumpy. Variable tail abnormal at 20C or higher. Cold-sensitive: most arrest as pretzel-stage embryos, with some escapers arresting as severely distorted L1 larvae at 15. Unusual missense allele (K280E) of sqt-3, cold-sensitive lethal and suppressor of dpy-31 lethality. Reference: Novelli et al. (2006) PMID: 16452136.

eIs101 [dpy-17(E301K) + unc-119(+)]. Weakly dumpy, non-Unc. dpy-31 lethality suppressed by integrated dpy-17(gf) transgene. Reference: Novelli et al. (2006) PMID: 16452136.

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).

Surface abnormal. Resistant to infection by Microbacterium nematophilum (no tail swelling). Nonsense mutation Q89stop(UAA).

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 Reference: J Hodgkin (unpublished).

Notched head. Roller. Variably DpyRoller. Tail abnormalities. M-MATING++ 1-10%WT.

Unc. M-MATING++ 1-10%WT. Previously called unc-67.

Bus (M. nematophilum resistant). Weakly resistant to Leucobacter Verde2; hypersensitive to Leucobacter Verde1. Weak missense allele (C59Y). Reference: O'Rourke et al (in preparation).

Left hand Roller. Incomplete penetrance. M-MATING+POOR <1%WT.

Superficially wild-type. References: Rosu S, et al. Science. 2011 Dec 2;334(6060):1286-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1212424. PMID: 22144627. Toraason E, et al. Curr Biol. 2021 Apr 12;31(7):1508-1514.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.008. Epub 2021 Mar 18. PMID: 33740427. Toraason E, et al. Elife. 2024 Aug 8;13:e80687. doi: 10.7554/eLife.80687. PMID: 39115289.

Adults left-handed rollers.

Unc-weak kinker. Fairly active. Healthy. See WBPaper00002474. Previously called unc-24(e927).

Short, round-headed, especially in early larvae. Adults have slight rolling tendency. Males can mate.

M-MATING+POOR <1%WT. Adult blistered, especially head.

Notched head. Tail abnormalities. Variable expression. Incomplete penetrance. Especially seen in L1. M-MATING++++ >30%WT. See also WBPaper00003843 and WBPaper00003865. Previously called efn-1(e96).

Bacteria. Caenorhabditis pathogen. Previously called Aureobacterium nematophilum. Biosafety Level: BSL-1. The CGC maintains this bacteria on NGM.

This strain was grown on CeMM (C. elegans Maintenance Medium) for 3 years (called CC1). It was then flown on STS-107, shuttle Columbia (and now called CC3). For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

pduEx1 [pCE-bJUN-VN173 + pCE-bFOX-VC155 + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Heat-shock induces protein expression and BiFC complementation consistent with expression of the hsp-16.2 promoter.

pdeEx2 [pCE-bJUN-VN173 + pCE-bFOSdeltaZIP-VC155 + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Heat-shock induces protein expression but NO BiFC complementation.

ep369 is a weak allele. ep6 is a deletion allele. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

epIs14 [sbp-1p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. sbp-1 previously known as pin-1. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

Weak Egl. Rollers. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Roller Uncs, and ect-2 homozygotes (sterile Uncs which reach adulthood, sometimes giving polynucleate oocytes). ect-2 pka let-21. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

epEx141 [sbp-1::GFP::SBP-1 + rol-6(su1006)]. ep79 is a strong allele of sbp-1 (ts lethal). sbp-1 aka pin-1. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

Weak sbp-1 allele. sbp-1 aka pin-1. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects. NOTE: This strain carries an unknown GFP marker.

Bacteria. CeMbio Collection. Isolate from soil of mesocosm experiment. More information about collection on the project's wiki: http://www.cembio.uni-kiel.de/. 16S rRNA primer: 27F/1492R. 16S rRNA sequence: TTGAAGAGTTTGATCATGGCTCAGATTGAACGCTGGCGGCAGGCCTAACACATGCAAGTCGAACGGTAACAGGAAGCAGCTTGCTGCTTTGCTGACGAGTGGCGGACGGGTGAGTAATGTCTGGGAAACTGCCTGATGGAGGGGGATAACTACTGGAAACGGTAGCTAATACCGCATAACGTCGCAAGACCAAAGAGGGGGACCTTCGGGCCTCTTGCCATCGGATGTGCCCAGATGGGATTAGCTAGTAGGTGGGGTAACGGCTCACCTAGGCGACGATCCCTAGCTGGTCTGAGAGGATGACCAGCCACACTGGAACTGAGACACGGTCCAGACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTGGGGAATATTGCACAATGGGCGCAAGCCTGATGCAGCCATGCCGCGTGTATGAAGAAGGCCTTCGGGTTGTAAAGTACTTTCAGCGGGGAGGAAGGCGATAAGGTTAATAACCTTGTCGATTGACGTTACCCGCAGAAGAAGCACCGGCTAACTCCGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGGAGGGTGCAAGCGTTAATCGGAATTACTGGGCGTAAAGCGCACGCAGGCGGTCTGTCAAGTCGGATGTGAAATCCCCGGGCTCAACCTGGGAACTGCATTCGAAACTGGCAGGCTAGAGTCTTGTAGAGGGGGGTAGAATTCCAGGTGTAGCGGTGAAATGCGTAGAGATCTGGAGGAATACCGGTGGCGAAGGCGGCCCCCTGGACAAAGACTGACGCTCAGGTGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGTCGACTTGGAGGTTGTGCCCTTGAGGCGTGGCTTCCGGAGCTAACGCGTTAAGTCGACCGCCTGGGGAGTACGGCCGCAAGGTTAAAACTCAAATGAATTGACGGGGGCCCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGATGCAACGCGAAGAACCTTACCTACTCTTGACATCCAGAGAACTTAGCAGAGATGCTTTGGTGCCTTCGGGAACTCTGAGACAGGTGCTGCATGGCTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTTGTGAAATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACGAGCGCAACCCTTATCCTTTGTTGCCAGCGGTTAGGCCGGGAACTCAAAGGAGACTGCCAGTGATAAACTGGAGGAAGGTGGGGATGACGTCAAGTCATCATGGCCCTTACGAGTAGGGCTACACACGTGCTACAATGGCGCATACAAAGAGAAGCGACCTCGCGAGAGCAAGCGGACCTCATAAAGTGCGTCGTAGTCCGGATTGGAGTCTGCAACTCGACTCCATGAAGTCGGAATCGCTAGTAATCGTGGATCAGAATGCCACGGTGAATACGTTCCCGGGCCTTGTACACACCGCCCGTCACACCATGGGAGTGGGTTGCAAAAGAAGTAGGTAGCTTAACCTTCGGGAGGGCGCTTACCACTTTGTGATTCATGACTGGGGTGAAGTCGTAACAAGGTAACCGTAGGGGAACCTGCGGTTGGATCACCTCCTT

Heterozygotes are WT, GFP+ in the pharynx and segregate WT (GFP+ in the pharynx), dead eggs (homozygotes for hT2) and ham-3(he159) homozygotes, which are Sma, Egl, Adl, Pvl. Maintain by picking GFP+ worms and checking for correct segregation, since the hT2 balancer is lost at low frequencies. he159 allele was isolated by John Satterlee from a deletion library at Sander van den Heuvel's lab. Reference: Ertl I, et al. Genetics. 2016 Mar;202(3):961-75.

cer1 is a CRISPR-generated 368 bp deletion removing intron 2 and part of exon 3, creating a premature stop codon. Low penetrance of developmental defects such as abnormal L1 morphology, aberrant gonad migration, and an abnormal number of distal tip cells. Reference: Brena D, et al. Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 30;10(1):16153.

cer2 is a CRISPR-generated 438 bp deletion + 50 bp insertion removing intron 2 and part of exon 3, creating a premature stop codon. Low penetrance of developmental defects such as abnormal L1 morphology, aberrant gonad migration, and an abnormal number of distal tip cells. Reference: Brena D, et al. Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 30;10(1):16153.

Partial loss of function allele. prp-8(cer22[R2303G]) point mutation mimics a mutation identified in a Retinitis Pigmentosa patient. Slow growth (Gro). Reference: Kukhtar D, et al. Hum Mol Genet. 2020 Mar 27;29(5):756-765. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddz315. PMID: 31919495

cer9 is a CRISPR-generated 462 bp deletion at the beginning of the ikb-1 coding sequence, including the start codon (no transcript should be synthesized). Low penetrance of developmental defects such as abnormal L1 morphology, aberrant gonad migration, and an abnormal number of distal tip cells. Reference: Brena D, et al. Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 30;10(1):16153.

Partial loss of function allele. snrp-200(cer24[S1080L]) point mutation mimics a mutation identified in a Retinitis Pigmentosa patient. Slow growth (Gro). Reference: Kukhtar D, et al. Hum Mol Genet. 2020 Mar 27;29(5):756-765. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddz315. PMID: 31919495

Superficially wild-type. ubh-4(cer25[F73V]) is a missense mutation mimicking a human BAP1 cancer mutation. Reference: Martinez-Fernandez C, et al. Cells. 2023 Mar 18;12(6):929. doi: 10.3390/cells12060929. PMID: 36980270

Partial loss of function allele. snrp-200(cer23[V676L]) point mutation mimics a mutation identified in a Retinitis Pigmentosa patient. Reduced brood size, slow growth (Gro). Reference: Kukhtar D, et al. Hum Mol Genet. 2020 Mar 27;29(5):756-765. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddz315. PMID: 31919495

Superficially wild-type. ubh-4(cer32[A87D]) is a missense mutation mimicking a human BAP1 cancer mutation. Reference: Martinez-Fernandez C, et al. Cells. 2023 Mar 18;12(6):929. doi: 10.3390/cells12060929. PMID: 36980270

Homozygous viable mutation balanced by GFP- and dpy-10-marked inversion. Heterozygotes are WT with relatively dim pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT dim GFP, Dpy bright GFP (mIn1 homozygotes), and non-GFP cer140 gk401 homozygotes (synthetic sterile). Pick WT dim GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Generated by CRISPR-mediated deletion of ubh-4 in gk401 mutant background. Reference: Martinez-Fernandez C, et al. Cells. 2023 Mar 18;12(6):929. doi: 10.3390/cells12060929. PMID: 36980270

Abnormal locomotion can be rescued with dopamine. cat-2(cer181) is a complete deletion of the cat-2 gene (coding sequence + introns), which was substituted by the sequence of the step 1 repair for GFP::H2B (Nested CRISPR, Vicencio et al, Genetics 2019). Allele can be detected using the following primers: Fwd: ctatgtgaagtcacacctgtc Rev: cttgctggaagtgtacttggtg. Reference: Martínez-Fernández C, et al. Dis Model Mech. 2022 Mar 1;15(3):dmm049161. doi: 10.1242/dmm.049161. PMID: 35107130

eGFP tag inserted into endogenous ubh-4 locus. wrmScarlet tag inserted into endogenous rpn-9 locus. Reference: Martinez-Fernandez C, et al. Cells. 2023 Mar 18;12(6):929. doi: 10.3390/cells12060929. PMID: 36980270

Superficially wild-type. tm2607 is a 196 bp deletion + 1bp insertion that removes part of an essential gene, but produces viable animals. Reference: Fontrodona L, et al. PLoS Genet. 2013 Jun;9(6):e1003543.

muIs61 [daf-16a::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Temperature-sensitive. Maintain at 15 C. Rollers. Reference: Lin K, Hsin H, Libina N, Kenyon C. Nat Genet. 2001 Jun;28(2):139-45.

muEx108 [(pKL99-2) daf-16::GFP/daf16bKO + rol-6(su1006)]. Grows okay at 20C. Rollers should form dauers at 25C. Pick Rollers to maintain.

muEx128 [(pKL79) daf-16a::GFP) + rol-6(su1006)]. Grows okay at 20C. Pick Rollers to maintain.

muEx151 [(pKL106-8) daf-16aAM::GFP/bKO + rol-6(su1006)]. Grows okay at 20C. Pick Rollers to maintain.

muEx158 [daf-16cAM::GFP + sur-5p::GFP] (AM = AKT-site mutant). Pick GFP+ worms to maintain. Sterile at 25C; grow at 20C or less. muEx158 contains GFP-tagged daf-16 c isoform (described as a1 isoform in Lin, et al. Nat Genet. 2001) with 4 Ser/Thr residues mutated to Ala, which completely rescues dauer formation and partially restores longevity of daf-16; daf-2 double mutants. Reference: Lin K, et al. Nat Genet. 2001 Jun;28(2):139-45.