“…This fungus is known as one of the most destructive pathogen on oak trees in Iran considering its spatiotemporal distribution and severity of symptoms (Kazempour et al, 2006;Mirabolfathy et al, 2011). Others have reported the oomycete Phytophthora cinnamomi involved in oak and chestnut declines in several regions of the world (e.g., Hardham & Blackman, 2018 (Barnard, Ash, Hopkins, & McGovern, 1998;Biosca et al, 2003;Brady et al, 2012Brady et al, , 2010Brady et al, , 2014aBrady et al, , 2014bBrady et al, , 2014cDenman et al, 2017Denman et al, , 2012Scortichini, Stead, & Rossi, 1993). In addition, two Gram-positive bacteria in the Clostridoides and the genus Carnobacterium were found in oak trees affected with decline in Britain through transcriptomic analyses (Broberg et al, 2018).…”