Pythium porphyrae
Parasitic species of oomycete that causes red rot disease in seaweed / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the organism that causes red rot disease in seaweeds. For the chemical process that degrades leather, see red rot.
Pythium porphyrae, is a parasitic species of oomycete in the family Pythiaceae.[5] It is the cause of red rot disease or red wasting disease, also called akagusare (赤ぐされ) in Japanese.[1][6] The specific epithet porphyrae (πορφυρα) stems from the genus of one of its common hosts, Porphyra, and the purple-red color of the lesions on the thallus of the host.[7] However, many of its hosts have been moved from the genus Porphyra to Pyropia.
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Pythium porphyrae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Oomycota |
Order: | Peronosporales |
Family: | Pythiaceae |
Genus: | Pythium |
Species: | P. porphyrae |
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Pythium porphyrae | |
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