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Soil Sampling and Isolation of Entomopathogenic Nematodes (Steinernematidae, Heterorhabditidae)
Published on: July 11, 2014
Isolation of pristionchus nematodes from beetles
Robbie Rae1, Benjamin Schlager, Ralf J Sommer
1Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Department of Evolutionary Biology, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.
CSH Protocols
|March 2, 2011
Abstract:
INTRODUCTIONIn this procedure, nematodes disembark from a beetle carcass and feed on Escherichia coli OP50. The nematodes are then monitored for a few days and identified using simple morphological characteristics. This method is rapid, easy, and biased for Pristionchus species.
