The big community of researchers regularly studying C. elegans had missed discovering the selfish role for a simple reason: The main lab strain of nematodes carries the selfish element, explains study coauthor Eyal Ben - David. (sciencenews.org)
Dr. Ohhira's Probiotics ® is fermented using 12 strains of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) including the proprietary TH10 strain whose proteolytic strength is six times stronger than any other known LAB strain. (essentialformulas.com)
(Like lab mice, cancer cells make popular experimental models because they come in standardized lab strains. (discovermagazine.com)