Caenorhabditis elegans
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Rhabditomorpha |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Rhabditidae
Genus: Caenorhabditis
Species: Caenorhabditis elegans
Subspecies: Caenorhabditis elegans var. Bergerac - Caenorhabditis elegans var. Bristol
Strains: Caenorhabditis elegans var. Bergerac BO - Caenorhabditis elegans var. Bristol N2
Name
Caenorhabditis elegans (Maupas, 1900) Dougherty, 1955
Synonyms
Distribution
Cosmopolite, rare in the tropics.
Natural habitat:
Free living. Can be found in compost heaps. Feeds on bacteria.
Many strains adapted to life on Petri dishes in labs exist.
References
- Maupas, É. 1900. Modes et formes de reproduction des nématodes. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 8: 463–624.
- Nigon V., 1949. Les modalités de la reproduction et le déterminisme du sexe chez quelques nématodes libres. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie et Biologie Animale 11: 1–132.
- Osche G., 1952. Systematik und Phylogenie der Gattung Rhabditis (Nematoda). Zoologische Jahrbücher (Abt. 1), 81, pages 190–280.
- Dion, M. & Brun J.L. 1971. Cartographie génique du Nématode libre Caenorhabditis elegans, Maupas 1900, variété Bergerac. Molecular and General Genetics MGG 112(2): 133–151. DOI: 10.1007/BF00267491.
- Harris L.J. & Rose A.M., 1989. Structural analysis of Tc1 elements in Caenorhabditis elegans var. Bristol (strain N2). Plasmid 22(1): 10–21. DOI: 10.1016/0147-619x(89)90031-0, PMID: 2550981.
Links
- Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Animal Diversity Web (ADW).
- Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
- Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
- Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on EPPO code.
- Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Fauna Europaea.
- Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
- Caenorhabditis elegans - Taxon details on iNaturalist.
- Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION).
- Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).
- Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on The Taxonomicon.
- Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (uBio).
- Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
- Caenorhabditis elegans - Taxon details on WormBase
Vernacular names
čeština: Háďátko obecné
eesti: Varbuss
한국어: 꼬마 선충
ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche: سازاڭسىمان مەددە
中文: 秀麗隱桿線蟲
