Utah biologists have characterized D. woaabi, the first of two nematode species recently discovered in the lake’s ...

There are thousands of species of nematodes or round worms, found in virtually every habitat on earth, from the poles to the tropics, and on the insides and outsides of animals and plants. Most of ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown microscopic roundworm living in Utah's Great Salt Lake. Nematode, formally ...

Soil nematodes represent a major component of soil communities in terrestrial ecosystems, and play an important role in regulating nutrient cycling and soil health. High-throughput sequencing ...

The mechanisms underlying sex determination in nematodes, commonly known as roundworms, have not been fully understood. Now, an international team of researchers has conducted a study to determine the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We describe 2 new species of Camallanus (Nematoda: Camallanidae) from freshwater turtles collected in Queensland, Australia: Camallanus ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Falcaustra batrachiensis n. sp. (Ascaridida, Kathlaniidae) from the large intestine of Nyctimystes cheesmani (Anura, Hylidae) is described and ...

A nematode (C. elegans) jumps onto a bumblebee along an electrical field to hitch a ride. Credit: Chiba et al., 2023 Japanese scientists working with nematodes (C. elegans) noticed one day that ...

Utah’s Great Salt Lake has just yielded a new resident, a microscopic animal that no one had ever documented there before.