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Pythium splendens

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.

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Pythium splendens
Pythium splendens causing root rot on kava (Piper methysticum)
Pythium splendens causing root rot on kava (Piper methysticum)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Division: Oomycota
Class: Peronosporomycetes
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

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Pythium splendens root rot -- wilt on young kava plant (Piper methysticum) source ↗
  • 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.
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