Jump to content

Pythium splendens

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pythium splendens
Pythium splendens causing root rot on kava (Piper methysticum)
Pythium splendens causing root rot on kava (Piper methysticum)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Oomycota
Order: Peronosporales
Family: Pythiaceae
Genus: Pythium
Species:
P. splendens
Binomial name
Pythium splendens
Hans Braun, (1925)

Pythium splendens is a plant pathogen. It is a potentially useful organism for the synthesis of large amounts of eicosapentaenoic acid, which is a polyunsaturated fatty acid with a variety of functions that are beneficial to biological systems.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Hu, Jingrong; Ren, Liang; Zhang, Ruijiao; Li, Maoteng; Chen, Wei (June 2013). "Characterization of Pythium Transcriptome and Gene Expression Analysis at Different Stages of Fermentation". PLOS ONE. 8 (6): e65552. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...865552Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065552. PMC 3688826. PMID 23824586.

Further reading

[edit]
Pythium splendens root rot -- wilt on young kava plant (Piper methysticum)
  • Guo, L. Y.; Ko, W. H. (January 20, 1993). "Distribution of mating types and the nature of survival of Pythium splendens in soil". Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 25 (7): 839–842. Bibcode:1993SBiBi..25..839G. doi:10.1016/0038-0717(93)90085-P.
  • Ho, Hon-Hing; Chen, Xiu-Xian; Zeng, Hui-Cai; Zheng, Fu-Cong (October 2012). "The occurrence and distribution of Pythium species on Hainan Island of South China". Botanical Studies. 53 (4): 525–534.
[edit]