Pythium splendens

Species of single-celled organism

Pythium splendens

Pythium splendens causing root rot on kava (Piper methysticum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Chromista
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. 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.

## External links[edit]

* Index Fungorum
* USDA ARS Fungal Database

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q7263901
* EPPO: PYTHSL
* Fungorum: 278667
* GBIF: 5424086
* iNaturalist: 384036
* IRMNG: 10702510
* MycoBank: 278667
* NBN: BMSSYS0000015858
* NCBI: 82926
* NZOR: 03c6eefc-916c-49b0-8536-af3b18bbd816

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