Caenorhabditis brenneri

Caenorhabditis brenneri is a small nematode, closely related to the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. Its genome is being sequenced by Washington University in St. Louis Genome Sequencing Center.[1] This species has previously been referred to as C. sp 4 and Caenorhabditis sp. CB5161, but was recently formally described and given its scientific name.[2] This name is in honor of Sydney Brenner, recognizing his pioneering role in starting active research in the field of C. elegans biology and development.

Caenorhabditis brenneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Nematoda
Class:
Secernentea
Order:
Rhabditida
Family:
Rhabditidae
Genus:
Caenorhabditis
Species:
C. brenneri
Binomial name
Caenorhabditis brenneri
Sudhaus & Kiontke, 2007

This species can hybridize with Caenorhabditis remanei, but only when C. remanei males mate with C. brenneri females, and then the offspring are apparently sterile.[2]

This species groups with C. doughertyi in the 'Elegans' supergroup in phylogenetic studies.

References
  1. "Caenorhabditis n. sp. PB2801". Washington University School of Medicine Genome Sequencing Center. Archived from the original on 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
  2. Walter Sudhaus & Karin Kiontke (2007). "Comparison of the cryptic nematode species Caenorhabditis brenneri sp. n. and C. remanei (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) with the stem species pattern of the Caenorhabditis Elegans group" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1456: 45–62.


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