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Plectus minimus Cobb, 1893


CGC strain code:

PDL0012 

Picture:

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Other codes:

Plectus 1, Plectus 3, WCUG12, WCUG14, identical strain as PDL0014

Locality:

Very dark soil under leaf litter from a park forest (Mahy property) in Landegem, Belgium. Mixed deciduous trees (sample taken 2m from an oak). Collected by Paul De Ley in November 1994.

Classification:

Chromadoria - Chromadorida - Leptolaimina - Plectoidea - Plectidae

Culture conditions:

Xenic, keep at 16-18C:

Inoculation procedure for wet plates:

E. coli are suspended over FRESH plates the day before transfer of nematodes as follows.

Long-term storage:

Freezing has not been attempted.

Availability:

Freely available on agar.

Description:

De Ley, P. & Coomans, A. (1994). Terrestrial nematodes from the Galápagos Archipelago IV: The genus Plectus Bastian, 1865, with description of three new species (Leptolaimina: Plectidae). Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen - Biologie, 64: 43-70.

Identification:

Paul De Ley.

Notes:

Males not yet seen. Small adults; reproduction relatively rapid, can reach high densities. Specimens are quite sensitive to pH and desiccation; perhaps also to salinity (S-buffer not recommended). 
Last Updated: 27 March 1998