On the CMA medium, strain A-43-1 produces red water-soluble pigment, when the nematodes tested are added onto the media with red pigment, they gradually are dyed red and dead after about six hours.

The activities of chitinase for effective and non-effective strains had not much difference, and the strains which were strongly lethal to the juveniles did not have high activity of chitinase.

Indeed, the two are planning to collaborate on a detailed study of neural cells in the nematode brain, aiming to activate or deactivate individual neurons in precise ways with tiny laser flashes.