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water mold

n.
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wa′ter mold`



n.
any of various aquatic fungi of the phylum Oomycota, free-living or parasitic in fish and other aquatic organisms.
[1895–1900]
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Noun 1. water mold - parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil
genus Saprolegnia, Saprolegnia - aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains
mould, mold - a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
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Pythium insidiosum belongs to the Kingdom Stramenopila, Phylum Oomycota, Family Pythiaceae, Genus Pythium.
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(7.) Czeczuga B, Czeczuga-Semeniuk E, Semeniuk A, Semeniuk J (2013) Straminipiles (Oomycota) developing on the eggs of an African catfish, Clarias gariepinus Burchell in water bodies of Poland.
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Posteriormente, los estudios se ampliaron a otros grupos de hongos sensu lato: Steciow estudio los Chytridiomycota Cabello los Glomeromycota y Greslebin, Steciow y Velez los Oomycota. La Taxonomia Numerica y la Cladistica, un enfoque complementario de la taxonomia basada en la morfologia, fue empleada por Crisci et al.
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Recently, a few species from class Oomycota have also been reported.
Comparison between Biological and Chemical Management of Root Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne hapla
Fugi-like or algae-like waterborne Oomycota lineage comprises at least 160 recognized species of the dominant genus Pythium, colonizing marine and freshwater biotopes [7].
Manuscript in molecular description and phylogeny of pythium mediterraneum, a novel species isolated from south mediterranean wetlands (case of the freshwater oubeira lake, northeastern Algeria)
A comprehensive protocol for improving the description of Saprolegniales (Oomycota): two practical examples (Saprolegnia aenigmatica sp.
Bibliografia Botanica Iberica, 2015. Fungi
During the 20th century, Pythium insidiosum was the only fungus-like species from the phylum Oomycota known to cause life-threatening infections in mammals and birds (1,2).
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