Their charges are susceptible to intestinal nematode worms which cause them to waste away and can, in severe cases, kill them.

他们羊群容易受到肠道线虫影响，这些蠕虫会使它们日渐消瘦，在严重情况下，会令它们死亡。

Consider the nematode roundworm, the most abundant of all animals.

再看看线虫，它们是所有动物家族当中最为繁盛。

Filariasis happens when one of these nematodes gets in the lymphatic system and causes a bit of fibrosis, which creates a physical blockage that obstructs the normal flow of lymph.

当这些线虫进入淋巴系统，并引起轻微纤维后，就会导致丝虫病，进而造成物理性阻塞，阻碍淋巴正常流动。

When people eat this fish, we interrupt this natural cycle, and the nematode worm larvae can take up residence inside our throat, stomach, or intestinal lining instead.

但是我们吃鱼时，我们打断了这种自然循环，接下来线虫类蠕虫幼体可以定居在我们喉部或者胃肠内壁。

They're also predatory and some species even appear to hunt in packs to take down larger organisms such as small worms, which are known as nematodes.

它们也会欺负弱小，有些物种甚至成群狩猎来消灭更大生物，比如被称为线虫小蠕虫。

The research team conducted interference experiments on 42 potential direct target genes of the FOXO gene in silkworms, which are similar to genes in nematodes.

研究团队对 42 个可能 FOXO 基因直接靶标基因在蚕中干扰实验进了研究，这些基因与线虫中基因相似。

So now we've got C. elegans the pupfish, C. elegans the tarantula, C. elegans the nematode, and C. elegans the turtle.

因此，现在我们 C. elegans 鳉鱼，C. elegans 狼蛛，C. elegans 线虫和 C. elegans 甲鱼。

" They look like nematodes. You know, anything in the popular culture that has a relationship to worms, we follow."

“它们看起来很像线虫。流中与蠕虫有关任何东西，我们都会研究。”

Nematodes, little soil-dwelling worms found on and off of every continent on Earth, are Dr. Bik's specialty.

线虫，生活在地球上每个大陆上小土壤蠕虫，是比克博士专长。

Nematodes, of course, are much smaller than sandworms.

当然，线虫体型比沙虫要小得多。

One of the most common global causes of lymphedema is filariasis, an infection with nematode parasites, which are tiny worms; the most common species are: Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori.

丝虫病是淋巴水肿在全球范围内最普遍病因，为线虫类寄生虫感染所致；最常见物种有班氏吴策线虫、马来布鲁丝虫与帝汶布鲁丝虫。

They discovered that down-regulating the expression of 7 genes significantly shortened the lifespan of nematodes, while down-regulating 3 genes extended their lifespan.

他们发现下调 7 个基因表达显著缩短了线虫寿命，而下调 3 个基因则延长了它们寿命。

Nematodes, little soil-dwelling worms found on and off of every continent on Earth, are Dr. Bick's specialty.

线虫，生活在每个大陆上或周围土壤中小型蠕虫，是比克博士专业研究对象。

Sternberg and his colleagues had a hunch they might find nematodes lurking in one of California's most extreme habitats: Mono Lake, on the east side of the Sierra Nevada.

斯特恩伯格和同事有一种预感，他们可能会发现潜伏线虫，而发现地是加州最极端栖息地之一：内华达山脉东侧莫诺湖。

The team studied the mechanism of action in various species such as silkworms, nematodes, and fruit flies.

研究团队研究了在蚕、线虫和果蝇等多种物种中作用机制。

And indeed, they found eight species of nematodes living there!

他们确实在那里发现了8种线虫！

The study revealed that increasing the expression of OSER1 in silkworms, nematodes, and fruit flies led to a significant extension of their lifespan.

研究表明，在蚕、线虫和果蝇中增加 OSER1 表达显著延长了它们寿命。

" Most nematodes, you can just barely see."

“大多数线虫几乎无法用肉眼看见。”

But they also found that even nematodes that weren't from Mono Lake seemed to have the genetic ability to resist the lethal element- meaning the worms may be natural-born extremophiles.

但他们同时发现，即使不是来自莫诺湖线虫似乎也有抵抗致命元素遗传能力，这意味着线虫可能是天生极端微生物。

It would be really interesting if we could get the nematodes to photosynthesize.

如果我们能让线虫进光合作用，那将非常有趣。