| "Chryseobacterium nematophagum" | |
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| Species: | "C. nematophagum" |
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| "Chryseobacterium nematophagum" | |
"Chryseobacterium nematophagum" is a Gram-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacteria in the genus Chryseobacterium , which was first isolated from Caenorhabditis briggsae nematodes in rotting apples in France. [1] It exhibits gliding motility. After ingestion by a nematode, they attack it from within, breaking down its extracellular matrices and killing it. [2] In laboratory tests C. nematophagum infected and killed a wide variety of nematodes, including the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans , and the vertebrate parasites Ancylostoma caninum , Cooperia curtecei , Cooperia oncophera , Haemonchus contortus , Nippostrongylus brasiliensis , Ostertagia ostertagi , Parastrongyloides trichosura and Trichostrongylus vitrinus . [1]