Description
Mutant strain. Used for adaptation and feedback mechanisms for homeostasis experiments. Caenorhabditis elegans completes its life cycle in 3 days, developing from egg through 4 larval stages to adult.
The worms can be aseptically maintained in the laboratory at 20° C on Nematode Growth Agar (item #173520) using Escherichia coli (item #155073) as the feeder host.