Table 2. Sequence alignment of NLP-15b in selected parasitic nematode species and the free living nematode C. elegans.

Nematode Species	NLP-15b sequence*
Meloidogyne incognita	SFDSFTGPGFTGLD
Meloidogyne javanica	SFDSFTGPGFTGLD
Meloidogyne hapla	SFDSFTGPGFTGLD
Meloidogyne chitwoodi	SFDSFMGPGFTGLD
Globodera pallida	SFDSFTGPGFTGLD
Globodera rostochiensis	SFDSFTGPGFTGLD
Heterodera glycines	SFDSFTGPGFTGLD
Pratylenchus penetrans	SFDSFMGPGFTGLD
Radopholus similis	SFDSFMGPGLTGLD
Steinernema carpocapsae	AFDSFMGSGFTGMD
Pristionchus pacifies	SFDTFGGVRFSPLE
Caenorhabditis elegans	AFDSLAGSGFGAFN

*single letter annotation of amino acids. Underlined amino acids denote a deviation from the consensus sequence.