Comparison of Life Traits in Two Bacterivorous Nematodes Suggest Different Ecological Strategies to Exploit Similar Habitats
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Nematode Culture and Strains
2.2. A. tricornis Cultivation and Isolation
2.3. Sequencing Analysis
2.4. Lifespan, Egg Laying Assay, Brood Size, and Body Length Measurement
2.5. Measuring Fluorescence Accumulation
2.6. Pharyngeal Pumping
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Body Length (µm) | Growth Duration from Egg to Adult (Days) | Fertility Period (Days) | Eggs Laid/Day | Total Brood Size | Pharyngeal Pump/min | Lifespan (Days) | |
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C. elegans | 1254 ± 28.04 | 3.04 ± 0.018 | 4.57 ± 0.190 | 56.96 ± 3.838 | 251.6 ± 10.86 | 110.5 ± 7.258 | 11.05 ± 0.720 |
A. tricornis | 543.0 ± 16.29 | 14.03 ± 0.085 | 28.97 ± 1.538 | 8.36 ± 0.296 | 238.0 ± 10.60 | 30.20 ± 9.721 | 38.27 ± 1.581 |
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Moon, J.-H.; Indong, R.A.; Alcantara, A.V., Jr.; Yoon, K.-h.; Lee, J.I. Comparison of Life Traits in Two Bacterivorous Nematodes Suggest Different Ecological Strategies to Exploit Similar Habitats. Life 2022, 12, 1516. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12101516
Moon J-H, Indong RA, Alcantara AV Jr., Yoon K-h, Lee JI. Comparison of Life Traits in Two Bacterivorous Nematodes Suggest Different Ecological Strategies to Exploit Similar Habitats. Life. 2022; 12(10):1516. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12101516
Chicago/Turabian StyleMoon, Je-Hyun, Rocel Amor Indong, Alfredo V. Alcantara, Jr., Kyoung-hye Yoon, and Jin I. Lee. 2022. "Comparison of Life Traits in Two Bacterivorous Nematodes Suggest Different Ecological Strategies to Exploit Similar Habitats" Life 12, no. 10: 1516. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12101516