Revised Taxonomy and Expanded Biodiversity of the Phytomyxea (Rhizaria, Endomyxa).

ABSTRACT: Phytomyxea (phytomyxids) is a group of obligate biotrophic pathogens belonging to the Rhizaria. Some phytomyxids are well studied and include known plant pathogens such as Plasmodiophora brassicae, the causal agent of clubroot disease. Despite this economic importance, the taxonomy and biodiversity of this group are largely cryptic, with many species described in the premolecular area. Some of these species were key for establishing the morphotaxonomic concepts that define most genera to this day, but systematic efforts to include and integrate those species into molecular studies are still lacking. The aim of this study was to expand our understanding of phytomyxid biodiversity in terrestrial environments. Thirty-eight environmental samples from habitats in which novel and known diversity

SUBMITTER: Hittorf M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7756720 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature