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Table 4 Proliferating Caenorhabditis populations: Number of independent Caenorhabditis -containing samples and worms isolated within few hours upon substrate processing

From: The prevalence of Caenorhabditis elegans across 1.5 years in selected North German locations: the importance of substrate type, abiotic parameters, and Caenorhabditis competitors

Origin

C. elegans

C. remanei

C. briggsae

 

Samplesa

Individualsb

Samples

Individuals

Samples

Individuals

 

Totalc

Non-Dd

Totalc

Non-Dd

Total

Non-D

Total

Non-D

Total

Non-D

Total

Non-D

Kiel apple

0

0

0

0

15

15

54

40 (7, 2, 31)

0

0

0

0

Münster apple

4

4

12

7 (3, 1, 3)

3

3

8

8 (0, 0, 8)

3

0

3

0

Kiel compost

21

5

75

6 (6, 0, 0)

2

2

11

11 (3, 1, 7)

3

0

9

0

Münster compost

18

5

94

10 (3, 1, 6)

0

0

0

0

2

0

3

0

Roxel compost

48

20

169

36 (14, 4, 18)

3

3

4

4 (1, 0, 3)

0

0

0

0

  1. aNumber of independent samples from which C. elegans, C. remanei or C. briggsae were isolated within few hours after sample processing.
  2. bNumber of individual worms isolated within few hours after sample processing.
  3. cTotal numbers irrespective of developmental stage.
  4. dNumbers for only non-dauer stages with further details given in brackets in the following order: L1-L3, L4, adult.