Caenorhabditis briggsae is a small nematode, closely related to Caenorhabditis elegans. The differences between the two species are subtle. The male tail in C. briggsae has a slightly different morphology from C. elegans. Other differences include changes in vulval precursor competence and the placement of the excretory duct opening. C. briggsae is frequently used to study the differences between it and the more intimately understood C. elegans, especially at the DNA and protein sequence level. Several mutant strains of C. briggsae have also been isolated that facilitate genetic analysis of this organism. C. briggsae, like C. elegans, is a hermaphrodite. The genome sequence for C. briggsae was determined in 2003.
C. briggsae was initially discovered by Margaret Briggs in 1944. The first individuals were isolated from a pile of leaves found on the Palo Alto campus of Stanford University. Briggs, who was studying for her MS, identified the nematodes as an unknown species of the genus Rhabditis. They were formally described in 1949 by Dougherty and Nigon and named Rhabditis briggsae. Both C. briggsae and C. elegans (then known as Rhabditis elegans) were placed into a new subgenus Caenorhabditis in 1952. The subgenus was later elevated to a genus in 1955. Briggs' initial work with the organism looked at its lifecycle in various kinds of media in the presence and absence of bacteria. She later used the organism in studies on the effects of antibiotics. This work was important in the development of axenic culture methods.
C. briggsae can often be found in compost, garden beds, moist mushrooms, or rotting fruit rich with microorganisms and various nutrients. The organism's main habitat is often considered to be the temperate regions of the globe, often accompanying its relatives C. elegans and C. remanei.
The genome of C. briggsae is roughly 100 Mb in size and is predicted to encode about 20,000 genes. The whole genome sequencing project revealed the genomes of C. briggsae and C. elegans to have much in common.
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Caenorhabditis briggsae est une espèce de nématodes vivant dans des environnements riches en bactéries. Il s'agit d'une espèce dont le génome a été séquencé en 2003. On lui connait une sous-espèce / souche, Caenorhabditis briggsae AF16. C. briggsae appartient au même groupe 'Elegans' que C. elegans, ainsi qu'au super-groupe 'Elegans' des différentes espèces du genre Caenorhabditis. L'espèce sœur de C. briggsae est Caenorhabditis nigoni.
Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans en abrégé) est un petit ver d'un millimètre environ, transparent et non parasitaire. C'est un nématode de la famille des Rhabditidae. Le nom est formé des deux racine grecques caeno- (καινός (caenos), récent), et rhabditis (ῥάβδος (rhabdos), tige, bâton) et du mot latin elegans (élégant). En 1900, Maupas nomma l'espèce Rhabditides elegans, puis Osche la plaça dans le sous-genre Caenorhabditis en 1952, et en 1955, Dougherty établit Caenorhabditis au rang de genre.