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              Acrobeloides sp. S-Africa


CGC strain code:

PDL0033


Old codes:

None.

Locality:

Sand from South Africa with Xiphinema theresiae, provided by Myriam Claeys.

Classification:

Secernentea - Rhabditida - Cephalobina - Cephaloboidea - Cephalobidae

Culture conditions:

- Xenic: 3 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 22 August, 2002.