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Descriptor English: Pythium
Descriptor Spanish: Pythium
Descriptor Pythium
Scope note: Género de algas destructivas, parásitas de raíces, perteneciente a la familia Pythiaceae, orden Peronosporales. Se suelen encontrar en suelos cultivados de todo el mundo. La diferenciación de las zoosporas tiene lugar en una vesícula.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pythium
Descriptor French: Pythium
Entry term(s): Pythiums
Tree number(s): B01.750.580.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011775
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: infection = PYTHIOSIS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; see MASTIGOMYCOTINA 1986-90, see PHYCOMYCETES 1975-85
History Note: 91(75)
DeCS ID: 12212
Unique ID: D011775
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/12/12
Revision Date: 2018/07/02
Pythium - Preferred
Concept UI M0018305
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Pythium
Entry term(s) Pythiums



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