Biology:Pristionchus borbonicus

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Short description: Species of roundworm


Pristionchus borbonicus
File:Pristionchus borbonicus.tif
Electron microscopy image of one of the five alternative morphs of P. borbonicus
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Diplogastridae
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P. borbonicus
Binomial name
Pristionchus borbonicus
Susoy, Kanzaki, Herrmann, Ragsdale & Sommer, 2016

Pristionchus borbonicus is a species of free-living nematodes (roundworms) in the family Diplogastridae. The species was described from Réunion Island, and is notable for developing one of five different mouth forms depending on available food sources.[1][2] Pristionchus borbonicus and related species have symbiotic relationships with fig plants and their pollinator wasps.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Susoy, Vladislav; Herrmann, Matthias; Kanzaki, Natsumi; Kruger, Meike; Nguyen, Chau N.; Rödelsperger, Christian; Röseler, Waltraud; Weiler, Christian et al. (2016). "Large-scale diversification without genetic isolation in nematode symbionts of figs". Science Advances 2 (1): e1501031. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1501031. PMID 26824073. 
  2. "New Worm Species Has Five Faces : DNews". 2016-01-04. http://news.discovery.com/animals/new-worm-species-has-five-faces-160104.htm. Retrieved 2016-01-05. 

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