Pythium splendens
{{Short description|Species of single-celled organism}}
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|image=Root rot awa.jpg
|image_alt=Pythium splendens causing root rot on kava (Piper methysticum)
|image_caption=Pythium splendens causing root rot on kava (Piper methysticum)
|genus=Pythium
| species = splendens
| authority = 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.{{cite journal|last1=Hu|first1=Jingrong|last2=Ren|first2=Liang|last3=Zhang|first3=Ruijiao|last4=Li|first4=Maoteng|last5=Chen|first5=Wei|title=Characterization of Pythium Transcriptome and Gene Expression Analysis at Different Stages of Fermentation|journal=PLOS ONE|date=June 2013|volume=8|issue=6|pages=e65552|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0065552|pmid=23824586|pmc=3688826|bibcode=2013PLoSO...865552Z|doi-access=free}}
References
Further reading
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- {{cite journal|last1=Guo|first1=L. Y.|last2=Ko|first2=W. H.|title=Distribution of mating types and the nature of survival of Pythium splendens in soil|journal=Soil Biology and Biochemistry|date=January 20, 1993|volume=25|issue=7|pages=839–842|doi=10.1016/0038-0717(93)90085-P|bibcode=1993SBiBi..25..839G }}
- {{cite journal|last1=Ho|first1=Hon-Hing|last2=Chen|first2=Xiu-Xian|last3=Zeng|first3=Hui-Cai|last4=Zheng|first4=Fu-Cong|title=The occurrence and distribution of Pythium species on Hainan Island of South China|journal=Botanical Studies|date=October 2012|volume=53|issue=4|pages=525–534}}
External links
- [http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp Index Fungorum]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070820101227/http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/ USDA ARS Fungal Database]
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Category:Water mould plant pathogens and diseases
Category:Protists described in 1925
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