Caenorhabditis japonica

Caenorhabditis japonica is a species of nematodes in the genus Caenorhabditis. Its genome was sequenced by the McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine. This gonochoristic species is found in the 'Japonica' group, the sister clade to the 'Elegans' group, in the 'Elegans' supergroup.

Caenorhabditis japonica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Rhabditidae
Genus:	Caenorhabditis
Species:	C. japonica
Binomial name
Caenorhabditis japonica Kiontke et al, 2002

In the wild, this species is found non-parasitically associated with the burrower bugs Parastrachia japonensis (Heteroptera: Cydnidae)^[1] and may be able to enter the dauer stage regardless of food and crowding conditions.^[2][3]

References

1. Description of Caenorhabditis japonica n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditida) associated with the burrower bug Parastrachia japonensis (Heteroptera: Cydnidae) in Japan. Karin Kiontke, Mantaro Hironaka and Walter Sudhaus, Nematology, Volume 4, Issue 8, pages 933–941, 2002, doi:10.1163/156854102321122557
2. Species-specific recognition of the carrier insect by dauer larvae of the nematode Caenorhabditis japonica. Etsuko Okumura, Ryusei Tanaka and Toyoshi Yoshiga, Journal of Experimental Biology, 2013, volume 216, pages 568-572, doi:10.1242/jeb.073593
3. Low survivorship of dauer larva in the nematode Caenorhabditis japonica, a potential comparative system for a model organism, C. elegans. Ryusei Tanaka, Etsuko Okumura, Natsumi Kanzaki and Toyoshi Yoshiga, Experimental Gerontology, Volume 47, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 388–393, doi:10.1016/j.exger.2012.03.001

External links

• Caenorhabditis japonica at uniprot.org