A phylogeny and molecular barcodes for Caenorhabditis, with numerous new species from rotting fruits
Abstract Background The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a major laboratory model in biology.Only ten Caenorhabditis species were available in culture at the onset of this study.Many of them, like C.elegans, were mostly isolated from artificial compost heaps, and their more natural habitat was unknown.Results Caenorhabditis nematodes were found t