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Brevibucca sp. Germany
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CGC strain code:
SB117
Old codes:
None.
Locality:
Germany (exact locality unknown), isolated by Walter Sudhaus.
Classification:
Secernentea - Rhabditida - Cephalobina -Panagrolaimoidea-Panagrolaimidae.
Culture conditions:
- Xenic: 5 drops of E. coli on PA + 5mg/ml cholesterol, kept at
17C.
Long-term storage:
No survival after freezing in glycerin. Can be stored 6-12 months on slowly
desiccated plates; such plates can
probably be stored permanently in liquid nitrogen.
Availability:
Freely available in xenic medium.
Descriptions:
Steiner, G. (1936). Opuscula miscellanea nematologica, IV. Proceedings
of the Helminthological Society of Washington 3: 74-80.
De Ley, P., Félix, M.-A. Frisse, L.M., Nadler, S.A., Sternberg,
P.W. & Thomas, W.K. (1999). Molecular and morphological characterisation
of two reproductiely isolated species with mirror-image anatomy (Nematoda:
Cephalobidae). Nematology 1, 591-612.
Identification:
Paul De Ley. See remark above on A. saeedi and notes below.
Notes:
Last Updated by Sheila Esfahani on Wednsday 28 August, 2002.