Stimulation and Isolation of Paraphysoderma sedebokerense (Blastocladiomycota) Propagules and Their Infection Capacity Toward Their Host Under Different Physiological and Environmental Conditions.

ABSTRACT: Paraphysoderma sedebokerense (P. sedebokerense) (Blastocladiomycota) is a facultative pathogenic chytrid that causes irreversible damage to some green microalgae. Specific attacks leading to culture collapse under different conditions have only been described in the lucrative microalga Haematococcus pluvialis (H. pluvialis), while generating biomass for ketocarotenoid astaxanthin production, both indoors and outdoors. In order to manage the infection, parasite propagules (zoospores/amoeboid swarmers), the initiators of the disease, must be studied. Until now, no report on isolated P. sedebokerense propagules has been published. Here, we report on a reproducible method for the stimulation of P. sedebokerense propagule release and their isolation from fungal cultu

SUBMITTER: Asatryan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6446968 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature