title: Bacterium-induced internal egg hatching frequency is predictive of life span in Caenorhabditis elegans populations.
abstract: Internal egg hatching in Caenorhabditis elegans, "worm bagging," is induced by exposure to bacteria. This study demonstrates that the determination of worm bagging frequency allows for advanced insight into the degree of bacterial pathogenicity and is highly predictive of the survival of worm populations. Therefore, worm bagging frequency can be regarded as a reliable population-wide stress reporter.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Evolutive, Medical and Molecular Genetics, Inserm U1001, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mosser
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matic
authors.forename: Magali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leroy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology*; D004531:Eggs / Q000382:microbiology*; D008136:Longevity; D016019:Survival Analysis