| strain | availability |
|---|---|
| EM546 | Consult Scott Emmons. |
| EM464 | At the CGC (originally sent to the CGC under the misnomer "Caenorhabditis vulgariensis", subsequently emended to "C. vulgaris", the name under which this strain was described by Baird, Fitch & Emmons, 1994). |
Subgenus status for vulgaris has not been officially published. Sudhaus & Kiontke, 1996, synonymized C. vulgaris with C. remanei using crosses with C. remanei newly isolated from the type location.
Sudhaus, W. 1974. Zur Systematik, Verbreitung, Okologie und Biologie neuer und wenig bekannter Rhabditiden (Nematoda). 2. Teil. Zool. Jahrb. (Syst.) 101:417-465.
Baird, S. E., D. H. A. Fitch & S. W. Emmons. 1994. Caenorhabditis vulgaris n. sp. (Nematoda:
Rhabditidae): a necromenic associate of pill bugs and snails. Nematologica 40:1-11.
Sudhaus, W., & K. Kiontke. 1996. Phylogeny of Rhabditis subgenus Caenorhabditis (Rhabditidae, Nematoda). J. Zoo. Syst. Evol. Research 34:217-233.