| diversity of bacteria carried by pinewood nematode in usa and phylogenetic comparison with isolates from other countries. | pine wilt disease (pwd) is native to north america and has spread to asia and europe. lately, mutualistic relationship has been suggested between the pinewood nematode (pwn), bursaphelenchus xylophilus the causal nematode agent of pwd, and bacteria. in countries where pwn occurs, nematodes from diseased trees were reported to carry bacteria from several genera. however no data exists for the united states. the objective of this study was to evaluate the diversity of the bacterial community carri ... | 2014 | 25127255 |