Although bacterial carriage in nematode progeny also showed a negative trend with respect to phylogenetic distance ( Fig. 3d ), this was not significant (see Table S5 ).
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Xenorhabdus bovienii Strain Diversity Impacts Coevolution and Symbiotic Maintenance with Steinernema spp. Nematode Hosts.
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The data show a clear trend that strains within the same phylogenetic clade as the natural symbiont provide greater benefits than those from different clades ( Fig. 4c ).