Plasmodiophora

{{Short description|Genus of single-celled organisms}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Plasmodiophora diplantherae 2F.webp

| image_caption = P. diplantherae resting spores

| taxon = Plasmodiophora

| authority = Woronin 1877

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = * Plasmodiophora bicaudata Feldmann 1941

• Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin 1877
• Plasmodiophora diplantherae (Ferdinandsen & Winge 1914) Ivimey-Cook 1932
• Plasmodiophora fici-repentis Andreucci 1926
• Plasmodiophora halophilae Ferdinandsen & Winge 1913
• Plasmodiophora maritima Feldmann 1958

| synonyms = * Ostenfeldiella Ferdinandsen & Winge 1914

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Plasmodiophora is a genus in class Phytomyxea.{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12817|doi=10.1111/jeu.12817|title=Revised Taxonomy and Expanded Biodiversity of the Phytomyxea (Rhizaria, Endomyxa)|year=2020|last1=Hittorf|first1=Michaela|last2=Letsch‐Praxmarer|first2=Susanne|last3=Windegger|first3=Alexandra|last4=Bass|first4=David|last5=Kirchmair|first5=Martin|last6=Neuhauser|first6=Sigrid|journal=Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology|volume=67|issue=6|pages=648–659|pmid=32654223|pmc=7756720}}

It includes the species Plasmodiophora brassicae, which causes the disease cabbage clubroot.{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1111/mpp.13283|title = The clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae: A profile update|year = 2022|last1 = Javed|first1 = Muhammad Asim|last2 = Schwelm|first2 = Arne|last3 = Zamani-Noor|first3 = Nazanin|last4 = Salih|first4 = Rasha |last5 = Vañó|first5 = Marina Silvestre|last6 = Wu|first6 = Jiaxu |last7 = González García|first7 = Melaine |last8 = Heick|first8 = Thies Marten|last9 = Luo|first9 = Chaoyu|last10 = Prakash|first10 = Priyavashini|last11 = Pérez-López|first11 = Edel|journal = Molecular Plant Pathology|volume = 00|issue = 00|pages = 1–18|pmc = 9831288}}{{cite journal |last1=Schwelm |first1=Arne |last2=Badstöber |first2=Julia |last3=Bulman |first3=Simon |last4=Desoignies |first4=Nicolas |last5=Etemadi |first5=Mohammad |last6=Falloon |first6=Richard E. |last7=Gachon |first7=Claire M. M. |last8=Legreve |first8=Anne |last9=Lukeš |first9=Julius |last10=Merz |first10=Ueli |last11=Nenarokova |first11=Anna |last12=Strittmatter |first12=Martina |last13=Sullivan |first13=Brooke K. |last14=Neuhauser |first14=Sigrid |title=Not in your usual Top 10: protists that infect plants and algae |journal=Molecular Plant Pathology |date=2018 |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=1029–1044 |doi=10.1111/mpp.12580|pmid=29024322 |pmc=5772912 }}