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Bursaphelenchus mucronatus is morphologically and genetically closely related to B. xylophilus – the causal agent of pine wilt disease and a quarantine organism in many countries. B. mucronatus is widely distributed in Asia and Europe with two distinct European and East Asian genotypes recorded among isolated populations. The main objective of this study was to examine the morphological and molecular variation among populations of B. mucronatus isolated from geographically distant regions. Although typical morphological characters for both, European and East Asian phenotypes were observed, no clear distinction among examined populations could be made based on morphological characters only. Molecular analysis confirmed the earlier identification of examined isolates as B. mucronatus but it also did not allow clear distinction between European and East Asian genotypes among examined populations.