GSE111364 Transcriptome of microbiome for the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Contributors : Carola Petersen ; Barbara Pees ; Katja Dierking ; Hinrich SchulenburgSeries Type : Expression profiling by high throughput sequencingOrganism : Caenorhabditis elegansHost-microbe associations underlie many key processes of host development, immunity, and life history. Yet, none of the current research on the central model species Caenorhabditis elegans considers the worm ’s natural microbiome. Instead, almost all laboratories exclusively use the canonical strain N2 and derived mutants, maintained through routine bleach sterilization in monoxenic cultures with an E. coli strain as food. Here, we characterize for the first time the native microbiome of C. elegans an d assess its influence on nematode life history characteristics via transcriptomics.
Source: GEO: Gene Expression Omnibus - Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Tags: Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing Caenorhabditis elegans Source Type: research