Re: [compost_tea] Slugs and Tea

From: <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com>
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 13:32:35 -0400

> Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (just checked) which is a
> bacteria feeding 'eel worm'.

Opps, not an eel worm at all.  Eel worms are Enchytraeids.

Phasmarhabditus is a nematode.  Nematodes are microscope round worms, not eel worms at all. 

Phasmarhabditus is a bacterial-feeding nematode found in some soils in the US.  Right species in our soils?  I'm sure it's there somewhere.   


Elaine Ingham
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Received on Sun May 16 2004 - 14:47:52 EDT

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