Pythium
A genus of destructive root-parasitic OOMYCETES in the family Pythiaceae, order Peronosporales, commonly found in cultivated soils all over the world. Differentiation of zoospores takes place in a vesicle.
Source: National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification
Images
Figure 1. <i>Pythium insidiosum</i>.
Figure 1. Pythium insidiosum.
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Figure 2. <i>Pythium insidiosum</i>.
Figure 2. Pythium insidiosum.
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Figure 3. <i>Pythium insidiosum</i> in culture.
Figure 3. Pythium insidiosum in culture.
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Notes
For Figures 1 through 3, please refer to the Welcome and Contributing Authors page for the list of IDSA 2002 Contributors. Copyright 40th Annual Meeting of Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), 2002. Used with permission.
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  1. National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification