World Wide Worms

Nematode wild isolate collection — isolates of the Caenorhabditis genus and other nematode genera, collected world-wide by different laboratories.

Here is the repository of information on world-wide collections from different laboratories of free-living nematodes of the Caenorhabditis genus and some other nematode genera. Ask each relevant lab for their respective strains if they are not at CGC or CaeNDR.

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Dauer larvae of wild Caenorhabditis isolates

A few useful links

For sequence information for wild isolates of C. elegans, C. briggsae and C. tropicalis, see CaeNDR by Erik Andersen's lab.
For sequence information for other Caenorhabditis species and beyond, see WormBase, WormBase Parasite, or the Caenorhabditis Genomes Project by Mark Blaxter's lab.
For various information on Caenorhabditis species, see and participate in the wiki.
The Félix lab strain collection is here, also containing mutant strains.

This database is managed by Marie-Anne Félix. Please send information when you isolate new strains or if you see changes to be made.