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Table 2 Nematode species killed by Chryseobacterium nematophagum

From: The golden death bacillus Chryseobacterium nematophagum is a novel matrix digesting pathogen of nematodes

Nematode species (host)

Killing

Stages killed

% L1 killed in 24 h (number counted)*

Caenorhabditis elegans (free-living)

+

All stages

100% (0/193)

Caenorhabditis briggsae (free-living)

+

All stages

Not determined

Globodera pallida (potato) J2 and J3

–

None

Not determined

Haemonchus contortus ISE and IRE strains (sheep and goats)

+

L1, L2 and L3

100% (IRE 0/215)

Trichostrongylus vitrinus (sheep and goats)

+

L1, L2 and L3

100% (0/56)

Teladorsagia circumcincta (sheep and goats)

+

L1, L2 and L3

100% (0/201)

Cyathastomin sp. (horses)

+

L1, L2 and L3

100% (0/143)

Ostertagia ostertagi (cattle)

+

L1, L2 and L3

100% (0/158)

Parastrongyloides trichosura (opossum)

+

All free-living stages

Not determined

Cooperia curtecei (sheep and goats)

+

L1, L2 and L3

100% (0/47)

Cooperia oncophera (cattle)

+

L1, L2 and L3

100% (0/54)

Nippostrongylus brasiliensis (rats and mice)

+

L1, L2 and L3

100% (0/314)

Ancylostoma caninum (dogs, wolves and foxes)

+

L1, L2 and L3

100% (0/44)

  1. *A 24-h survival rate relates to the number of freshly hatched L1s larvae added to NGM plates seeded with Chryseobacterium nematophagum that have survived after a 24-h culture period (number surviving 24 h/number of L1 added)