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__NOTOC__ ''Bursaphelenchus'' is a genus of nematodes (roundworms) in the order Aphelenchida. Most are obligate mycophages, but some feed on wood, with two species, the red ring nematode (''B. cocophilus'') and the pine wood nematode (''B. xylophilus''), economically significant as pests of coconut palms and of pine trees, respectively. Given that ''Bursaphelenchus'' species are usually hard to distinguish from one another except by trained helminthologists with access to microscopes or DNA sequence analysis, the entire genus is put under quarantine in some countries. Where this is not the case however, these nematodes are becoming established as model organisms for nematode developmental biology, ecology and genetics.〔Kanzaki, N., et al. (2008). (First report of parthenogenesis in the genus ''Bursaphelenchus'' Fuchs, 1937: A description of ''Bursaphelenchus okinawaensis'' sp. nov. isolated from ''Monochamus maruokai'' (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). ) ''Zool. Sci.'' 25(8), 861-73.〕 As of 2009, there are about 70〔Kikuchi, T., et al. (2009). (Identification of putative expansin-like genes from the pine wood nematode, ''Bursaphelenchus xylophilus'', and evolution of the expansin gene family within the Nematoda. ) ''Nematology'' 11(3), 355-64.〕 to 90〔Han, H., et al. (2009). (First report of ''Bursaphelenchus pinophilus'' on Korean pine (''Pinus koraiensis''). ) ''Plant Disease'' 93(12), 1354.〕 species in the genus. New taxa are described frequently. ==Ecology== ''Bursaphelenchus'' contains a single described hermaphroditic species, ''okinawaensis'', and over 100 described gonochoristic species. They inhabit soil or decaying wood, feeding on the wood itself or fungal hyphae growing in it, such as those of grey mould (''Botrytis cinerea''). They are sometimes beneficial when they reduce the fungal load inside the wood, but when they consume the plant tissue they are known to cause the death of living trees.〔 These nematodes are phoretic, dispersed between trees when their dauer larvae are transported by insects. Species involved include bark beetles, weevils, flat-faced longhorn beetles such as sawyer beetles, and soil-nesting bees. The process of dauer larva formation is not well understood, but it is of research interest because it is significant in the epidemics of plant diseases caused by these nematodes, such as pine wilt.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bursaphelenchus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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