Analysis of Nematode Interactions with Other Pathogens

Nematodes are a significant component of soil biomass and play an important role in soil ecological processes. They are involved in many interactions affecting crop plants, but most nematodes present in the soil, c. 70%, do not directly feed on plant roots. However, the plant root provides the resource upon which several nematode trophic groups are ultimately dependent. Bacterial feeders, fungivores, omnivores, and predators, and plant parasites, are attracted by root exudates into the rhizosphere, where they interact with one another.

Lifeasible possesses enriched experience in plant science, performing various strategies to help our clients analyze nematode interactions with other pathogens. Our scientists and expert technicians have been dedicated to customizing your program to meet your requirements.

Analysis of Nematode Interactions with Fungi

• Fungi and nematodes are among the most abundant organisms in soil habitats. They provide essential ecosystem services and play crucial roles in maintaining the stability of food-webs and in facilitating nutrient cycling. As two of the very abundant groups of organisms, fungi and nematodes interact with each other in multiple ways.

Fig.1 Nematode-trapping fungi produce diverse metabolites.

• Lifeasible provides analysis services of nematode interactions with fungi, including Fusarium wilt, F. oxysporum, F. solani, Metarhizium anisopliae, and others. We also help analyze factors which influence interactions between plant nematodes and phytopathogenic fungi.

Analysis of Nematode Interactions with Bacteria

• Several nematode species act as disseminators of bacterial pathogens by ingesting them and carrying them within the alimentary tract.
• However, in many instances where nematodes carry bacterial spores on their body surface, they act as specific vectors, and an obligate etiological relationship is established between nematode and bacterial pathogen in the manifestation of the resulting disease.
• We provide analysis services of nematodes' interactions with bacteria, such as Erwinia carotovora, Xanthomonas phaseoli, Pseudomonas fluorescence, Bacterium necrosis, and others. In addition, we help explore the mechanism of bacterial infection.

Analysis of Nematode Interactions with Viruses

• Many species of nematodes ingest viruses when they feed on the roots of virus-infected plants, but it is now well established that the natural transmission of nepoviruses is only by longidorid nematodes, in the genera Longidorus and Xiphinema, and the tobraviruses by trichodorid nematodes, Trichodorus, and Paratrichodorus species.
• We provide analysis services for nematode interactions with viruses, the sites of virus retention within each vector genera, the association of virus particles with nematode vectors, the transmission of the viruses, and so on.

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