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Measuring the Effects of Bacteria on C. Elegans Behavior Using an Egg Retention Assay
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Measuring the Effects of Bacteria on C. Elegans Behavior Using an Egg Retention Assay

Article DOI: 10.3791/51203-v • 08:36 min • October 22nd, 2013
October 22nd, 2013 •
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1Department of Biological and Allied Health Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University

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An egg-in-worm (EIW) assay is a useful method to quantify egg-laying behavior. Alterations in egg laying can be a behavioral response of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans to potentially harmful environmental substances such as those produced by pathogenic bacteria.

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C. Elegans Egg Retention Assay Bacteria Behavior Environmental Cues Osmolarity Vibration Food Pathogenic Bacteria Enterococcus Faecalis Egg-in-worm Assay Quantification Uterus Bleaching Eggs Animal Exposure Increase In Egg Retention Behavioral Assay Pathogenic Bacteria Screening Environmental Toxins Screening Neurotransmitter Signaling Serotonin Acetylcholine
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