Table 1.
Comparison of morphometrics with the MC5-2014 isolate.
| Characteristic | Rhabditis myriophila Poinar, (1986) | Oscheius myriophila Tabassum et al. (2016) | Oscheius myriophila MC5-2014 | Oscheius sacchari Tabassum et al. (2016) | Oscheius rugaroensis Zhang et al. (2012) | Oscheius necromenus Sudhaus and Schulte (1989) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locality | California | Turkey | Mexico | Pakistan | China | Iran |
| Type host/habitat | Oxidis gracilis | Soil, | Soil, | Soil | ||
| ||||||
| – | – | 964.5 | 1607 | 1042 | 1179 | |
| L | – | (972-1530) | (760-1160) | (1362-2015) | (920-1179) | |
| (830-1500) | ||||||
| – | – | 37 | 88 | 49.5 | 69 | |
| W | – | (52-100) | (30-60) | (72-125) | (39.8-58.2) | (54-90) |
| 554 | ||||||
| V | – | – | (410-760) | – | – | – |
| 52 | ||||||
| Eggs | – | – | (50-56) | – | – | – |
| ||||||
| – | – | 843 | 862 | 1396 | 790 | |
| L | (830-1470) | (841-1175) | (720-910) | (760-1390) | (1195-1692) | (671-950) |
| – | – | 28 | 61.6 | 62.4 | 46 | |
| W | (380-800) | (52-72) | (20-30) | (53-75) | (46.3-66.2) | (36-5)0 |
| – | 41 | 50 | 49.2 | 40 | ||
| Spicules | – | (27-39) | (30-40) | (47-55) | (35.2-60.9) | (34-44) |
| G | – | – | 22 | 20.3 | 19.7 | 15 |
| – | – | – | (20-30) | (18-22) | (19.9-26.5) | (12-23) |
Figure 1:
Mortality of Galleria mellonella larvae exposed to the MC5-R bacterium after 48 hours. 1: MC5-R, 2 S. marcescens, 3: E. coli, 4: water, means ± SD (range).