The prize was awarded for development of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans ... the multiple data formats available and the delayed evolution of broadly accepted public database depositories ...

ALTHOUGH there are many species of predaceous fungi that capture and kill nematodes in soil, there are little if any data in the literature to indicate if they are preferentially stimulated by roots.

Everyone has a past. That includes the millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nematode worms that make up a major animal group called the Ecdysozoa.