News tagged with nematode species

Molecular barcodes -- identification of 16 new species of Caenorhabditis

Caenorhabditis are usually thought of as soil nematodes, happily living in compost heaps. The famous (scientifically speaking) Caenorhabditis elegans has provided a wealth of information about developmental processes and ce ...

Biology / Evolution

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Onstott's discovery of worms in Earth's depths raises questions about life in space

After digging holes in the Earth's crust for nearly two decades, Princeton University geoscientist Tullis Onstott is now making headlines for unearthing "worms from hell."

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Worms from hell identified far below the Earth's surface

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study published this week in Nature, researchers Gaetan Borgonie from Ghent University in Belgium and Tullis Onstott from Princeton University announced the discovery of new nematode specie ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Inexpensive, on-farm method controls invasive beetle

After 21 years of work, Cornell researchers are spreading the word about an on-farm biocontrol method to solve the problems caused by the destructive invasive species alfalfa snout beetle (ASB).

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Roundworm Repository Contributes to Agricultural Wellbeing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Beltsville, Md., manage a most unusual sort of insurance: 43,000 slides and vials containing all manner of wormlike organisms called nematodes, ...

Biology / Other

created Jan 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'On the origin of nematodes' -- A phylogenetic tree of the world’s most numerous group of animals

Scientists from Wageningen University and Research Centre have published the largest nematode Phylogenetic Tree to date in cooperation with the Dutch Plant Protection Service (PD) and the University of California ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0