Caenorhabditis afra

Caenorhabditis afra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Secernentea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Rhabditidae
Genus:	Caenorhabditis
Species:	C. afra
Binomial name
	Caenorhabditis afra; Felix, Braendle & Cutter, 2014[1]
Synonyms
	Caenorhabditis sp. 7; C. sp. JU1199; C. sp. JU1286;

Caenorhabditis afra is a species of nematodes in the genus Caenorhabditis. This gonochoristic (male-female) species was isolated by Matthias Herrmann in Begoro, Ghana, Africa in 2007. Its genome is being sequenced at Genome Institute, Washington University.

C. afra groups in phylogenetic trees with C. elegans in the 'Elegans' supergroup.^[1] This species groups more closely with C. imperialis in the 'Japonica' group, the sister clade to the 'Elegans' group.

References

1 2 A streamlined system for species diagnosis in Caenorhabditis (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) with name designations for 15 distinct biological species. MA Félix, C Braendle and AD Cutter, PLoS One, 2014

External links

Caenorhabditis afra at uniprot.org

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[FélixPLoSOne2014-1] 1 2 A streamlined system for species diagnosis in Caenorhabditis (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) with name designations for 15 distinct biological species. MA Félix, C Braendle and AD Cutter, PLoS One, 2014