Pythium splendens | |
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Pythium splendens causing root rot on kava (Piper methysticum) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Sar |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Clade: | Pseudofungi |
Phylum: | Oomycota |
Class: | Oomycetes |
Order: | Peronosporales |
Family: | Pythiaceae |
Genus: | Pythium |
Species: | P. splendens |
Binomial name | |
Pythium splendens Hans Braun, (1925) |
Pythium splendens is a plant pathogen. It is a potentially useful organism for the synthesis of large amounts of eicosapentaenoic acid, which is a polyunsaturated fatty acid with a variety of functions that are beneficial to biological systems. [1]