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. 2017 Feb 15;13(2):e1006204. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006204

Correction: A Large Collection of Novel Nematode-Infecting Microsporidia and Their Diverse Interactions with Caenorhabditis elegans and Other Related Nematodes

The PLOS Pathogens Staff
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In Table 2, dividing lines were introduced during typesetting that affect the readability of the table. The publisher apologizes for the error. Please see the corrected Table 2 here.

Table 2. Collection of other microsporidia species infecting wild nematodes.

Microsporidia Nematode host Strain Country / Year Sample composition Spore feature
Nematocida
major n. sp.
C. briggsae JUm2507 Thailand / 2013 rotting fruit 2S
C. briggsae JUm2747 Guadeloupe / 2014 rotting fruit 2S
C. tropicalis JUm2751 Guadeloupe / 2014 rotting fruit n. d.
Nematocida
minor n. sp.
Oscheius tipulae JUm1510 Czech Republic / 2008 rotting apple 2S
O. tipulae JUm2772 Armenia / 2014 rotting fruit n. d.
Nematocida
homosporus n. sp.
O. tipulae JUm1504 France / 2008 rotting stem 1S
Rhabditella typhae NICm516 Portugal / 2013 rotting apple 1S
Nematocida
ciargi n. sp.
Procephalobus sp. JUm2895 Spain / 2015 rotting fruit 1S
Nematocida
sp. 7
C. sp. 42 NICm1041 French Guiana / 2014 flower n. d.
Enteropsectra
longa n. sp.
Oscheius sp. 3 JUm408 Iceland / 2002 compost 1S, LT, AP
Enteropsectra
breve n. sp.
O. tipulae JUm2551 France / 2013 rotting apple 1S, SR, AP
O. tipulae JUm1483 France / 2008 rotting plum 1S, SR,AP
O. tipulae JUm1456 France / 2008 rotting fruit n. d.
Pancytospora
philotis n. sp.
O. tipulae JUm1505 France / 2008 rotting apple LT
O. tipulae JUm1460 France / 2008 rotting snail LT
O. tipulae JUm1670 France / 2009 rotting apple LT
O. tipulae JUm2552 France / 2013 rotting stem LT
Pancytospora
epiphaga n. sp.
C. brenneri JUm1396 Colombia / 2008 rotting fruit LT

The reference strain of each newly found species is in bold. 2S: two distinct sizes of spores; 1S: one size of spores

LT: long, thin rod; SR: small rod (see dimensions in Table 3); AP: form spores first along the apical side of the intestinal cells. n. d.: not determined

Reference

  • 1.Zhang G, Sachse M, Prevost M-C, Luallen RJ, Troemel ER, Félix M-A (2016) A Large Collection of Novel Nematode-Infecting Microsporidia and Their Diverse Interactions with Caenorhabditis elegans and Other Related Nematodes. PLoS Pathog 12(12): e1006093 doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006093 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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