Plasmodiophora bicaudata

Plasmodiophora bicaudata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Endomyxa
Class: Phytomyxea
Order: Plasmodiophorida
Family: Plasmodiophoridae
Genus: Plasmodiophora
Species:
P. bicaudata
Binomial name
Plasmodiophora bicaudata
Feldmann, 1941[1]
P. bicaudata marine distribution map.[2]

Plasmodiophora bicaudata is a marine pathogen, an obligate parasite of seagrass of the genus Zostera and the causal agent of wasting disease in the genus. These marine plants grow in fine sediment in shallow seas and the pathogen seems to have a worldwide distribution.[2]

  1. ^ Kirk, Paul (2009). Index Fungorum Partnership (ed.). "Plasmodiophora bicaudata J. Feldmann, 1941". Index Fungorum. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference MarinePlasmophoReview was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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