Refuge from predation, the benefit of living in an extreme acidic environment?Gaetan Borgonie
Ghent University, Department of Biology, Ledeganckstraat 35, Ghent, Belgium
Biol Bull 219:268-76. 2010
..The nematode adaptation to low pH probably protects them against mite predation, for which nematodes are most likely the most important source of carbon in this sulfur-driven ecosystem...
Nematoda from the terrestrial deep subsurface of South AfricaG Borgonie
Department of Biology, Nematology Section, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B9000 Ghent, Belgium
Nature 474:79-82. 2011
..The discovery of multicellular life in the deep subsurface of the Earth also has important implications for the search for subsurface life on other planets in our Solar System...
- Different roads to form the same gut in nematodes
Wouter Houthoofd
Department of Biology, Ghent University, K L Ledeganckstraat 35, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
Evol Dev 8:362-9. 2006
..This pattern leads to the same result as in the other nematodes: a bilateral symmetrical intestine with nine rings. This illustrates how conserved body plans can be achieved by different developmental mechanisms...
- Embryonic origins of hull cells in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano through cell lineage analysis: developmental and phylogenetic implications
Maxime Willems
Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Dev Genes Evol 219:409-17. 2009
..We discuss the relation between macrostomid development and the development of other spiralians and the question of whether hull cells are homologous within rhabditophoran flatworms...
- Ontogeny of the complex sperm in the macrostomid flatworm Macrostomum lignano (Macrostomorpha, Rhabditophora)
Maxime Willems
Nematology Section, Department of Biology, Ghent University, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
J Morphol 270:162-74. 2009
..The implications of the development of this bristle complex on both sperm maturation and the evolution and function of the bristles are discussed. The assumed homology between bristles and flagellae questioned...
- The embryonic cell lineage of the nematode Rhabditophanes sp
Wouter Houthoofd
Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Int J Dev Biol 52:963-7. 2008
..elegans' like polyclonal cell lineage with strong left-right asymmetry. We propose that an early symmetry-breaking event in nematodes of clade IV-V is a major developmental constraint which shapes their asymmetric cell lineage...
- The free-living flatworm Macrostomum lignano: a new model organism for ageing research
Stijn Mouton
Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Exp Gerontol 44:243-9. 2009
..We also give an overview of the available experimental tools that allow a multidisciplinary approach for studying ageing in M. lignano...
- Molecular phylogeny of the Tylenchina and evolution of the female gonoduct (Nematoda: Rhabditida)
Wim Bert
Nematology Section, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Mol Phylogenet Evol 48:728-44. 2008
..Ancestral state reconstruction further revealed that the gonoduct of the morphologically and ecologically dissimilar tylenchid and cephalobid nematodes evolved from a common ancestor...
- An endosymbiotic bacterium in a plant-parasitic nematode: member of a new Wolbachia supergroup
Annelies Haegeman
Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Int J Parasitol 39:1045-54. 2009
..similis to a new supergroup (supergroup I) rather than considering it as a new species. Although its role remains unknown, the endosymbiont was found in all individuals tested, pointing towards an essential function of the bacteria...
- Analysis of the translationally controlled tumour protein in the nematodes Ostertagia ostertagi and Caenorhabditis elegans suggests a pivotal role in egg production
Yves Meyvis
Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
Int J Parasitol 39:1205-13. 2009
..elegans. Knock-down of C. elegans tctp (tct-1) transcription reduced the numbers of eggs laid by the hermaphrodite in the F(0) and F(1) generations by 90% and 72%, respectively, indicating a pivotal role of TCTP in reproduction...
- Evolutionary loss of parasitism by nematodes? Discovery of a free-living filaroid nematode
Wim Bert
Department of Biology, Ghent University, Belgium
J Parasitol 92:645-7. 2006
..It is reasonable to assert that nematodes with complex life cycles still have the genetic potential for a reversion from parasitism to a (partial) free-living stage...
- Use of freeze-cracking in ontogenetic research in Macrostomum lignano (Macrostomida, Rhabditophora)
Maxime Willems
Nematology Section, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K L Ledeganckstraat 35, Ghent 9000, Belgium
Dev Genes Evol 219:273-9. 2009
..The advantages of this method are illustrated by results of several immunolocalisation experiments in the macrostomid flatworm Macrostomum lignano. The optimal procedure and crucial steps for this method are discussed...
Demographic analysis reveals gradual senescence in the flatworm Macrostomum lignanoStijn Mouton
Nematology Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Front Zool 6:15. 2009
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- The Caenorhabditis globin gene family reveals extensive nematode-specific radiation and diversification
David Hoogewijs
Department of Biology and Center for Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution, Ghent University, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
BMC Evol Biol 8:279. 2008
..In silico analysis of the genome of Caenorhabditis elegans revealed an unexpectedly high number of globin genes featuring a remarkable diversity in gene structure, amino acid sequence and expression profiles...
