CladeIV nematodes

Clade IV includes both freeliving and parasitic nematodes. The are vertebrate parasites, while the Tylenchida include many major plant parasites. The clade also includes pathogens of insects, and the freeliving Cephalobina and Panagrolaimida.

description EST effort Strongyloides ratti S. ratti is a rodent parasite used as a model of the human parasite S. stercoralis. ESTs are being sequenced in Washington university St Louis. Strongyloides stercoralis S. stercoralis is a human parasite infecting over 0.5 billion people. ESTs are being sequenced in Washington university St Louis. Globodera rostochiensis ESTs are being sequenced in Washington university St Louis. Meloidogyne javanica ESTs are being sequenced in Washington university St Louis. Meloidogyne incognita ESTs are being sequenced in Washington university St Louis. Zeldia punctata Z. punctata is a freeliving bacteriovore. ESTs are being sequenced in Washington university St Louis.