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Published in final edited form as: Environ Microbiol. 2020 Nov 20;22(12):5450–5466. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15303

Table 2 –

Snail laboratory populations used in this study and their characteristics.

Biomphalaria species	Biomphalaria laboratory population	Origin (Country, town, snail cross)	Albinism	Inbreeding	References
B. alexandrina	Ba	Egypt	No	No	Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Egypt
B. glabrata	BgBS90	Brazil	No	No	Paraense and Correa, 1963
	BgBRE	Brazil (Recife)	Yes	No	Theron et al., 2014
	BgNMRI	Puerto Rico	Yes	No	Lewis et al., 1986
	Bg26	BgM line derived (cross between a Brazilian and a Puerto Rican snail)	Yes	Yes	Bonner et al., 2012
	Bg36		Yes	Yes
	Bg121		Yes	Yes