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Butlerius sp.


CGC strain code:

PDL0022


Old codes:

None

Locality:

Thick soil in an aviary with pigeons at Kasteellaan 21, Landegem, Belgium. Collected by Paul De Ley in December, 1995.

Classification:

Secernentea - Diplogasterida - Diplogasteroidea - Diplogasteridae

Culture conditions:

Xenic: "Wet plates": 3-5 drops of E. coli in 4 ml P-buffer (0.05M KH2PO4/K2HPO4 to pH 7.3) on 1% pure agar + 5 mg/ml cholesterol. Can also be kept on dry plates but moves with much more difficulty and seems to reproduce more slowly. Keep at 16-18C.

Long-term storage:

Freezing was not attempted.

Availability:

Dead and gone.

Descriptions:

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Identification:

Paul De Ley.

Note:

Autotokous. Swims actively and frenetically. Eats young juveniles of other species. 
Last Updated: 27 March 1998