Pythium splendens

Pythium splendens
Scientific classification
(unranked): SAR
Superphylum: Heterokonta
Class: Oomycetes
Order: Pythiales
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]

References

  1. Hu, Jingrong; Ren, Liang; Zhang, Ruijiao; Li, Maoteng; Chen, Wei (June 2013). "Characterization of Pythium Transcriptome and Gene Expression Analysis at Different Stages of Fermentation". PLOS. 8 (6). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065552.

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