Saprolegniales
Saprolegniales | |
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Saprolegnia on sesame seeds | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Sar |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Clade: | Pseudofungi |
Class: | Oomycetes |
Order: | E. Fisch., 1892 |
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Saprolegniales is an order of water mould. Members of the order are responsible for numerous parasitic infections affecting aquatic life, such as crayfish plague and ulcerative dermal necrosis.[1]
References
- ^ Roberts, Ronald J. (2012-05-21). Fish Pathology. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-4443-3282-7.