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First, root-knot nematodes and rhizobia occupy similar niches in the soil and in roots, and thus the opportunity for HGT may be omnipresent.
MI00244.cl, for example, had homology to 47 ESTs in our collection from other Tylenchida species including root-knot nematodes M. javanica, M. hapla and M. arenaria , cyst nematodes H. glycines and G. rostochiensis , and the lesion nematode Pratylenchus penetrans with E-values from 7e-78 to 3e-05.
Both basic understanding of root-knot nematode biology and applied research toward new means of nematode control are now beginning to benefit from the rapid identification of transcribed genes in the species.
It is possible that root-knot nematodes have adapted a portion of Nod factor biology to the induction of feeding sites, rather than nodules, in plants.
A possible ancient bacterial origin of these genes has been theorized [ 17 18 19 ] . A bacterial origin for a number of root-knot nematode (RKN) genes also has been proposed, although their possible role in parasitism is less clear.