A scanning electron microscope reveals nematodes (highlighted in green) inside the spongy mesophyll of a European beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaf infected with beech leaf disease (BLD). Eggs are ...

Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to infect plant roots could be a powerful ...

Under a microscope, the protozoan's adaptations ... at least not when walking through a freshly fertilized field. These nematodes spread when an infected person defecates outside; the worm eggs ...

These species are called nematodes, and they're a vital key to ecosystems worldwide. You probably see all kinds of critters on the beach — but what you might not realize is that the sand beneath ...

the researchers study the nematodes under a microscope and then analyze their DNA. The most recent species to be described and officially granted a name is Mesocriconema ericaceum, a species the ...

further preparing samples and then looking for nematodes under a microscope. It’s a fine method for one expert to study one tree, but not one that can be readily used on a large scale.

Unfortunately, working with live nematodes is a bit of bother because they move at about 0.1 mm per second, so they can crawl out of a microscope's field of view in less than a second. To keep ...

The nematode assemblages were quantitatively assessed under microscope, whereas the abundance and composition of bacterial community were examined using phospholipid fatty acid analysis and ...