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Pythium perplexum isolated from soil in France: morphology, molecular characterisation and biological control.
Delphine GallandBernard Paulsubject
SerratiabiologyBase SequenceDamping offMolecular Sequence DataBiological pest controlPythiumSequence Analysis DNAbiology.organism_classificationMicrobiologyBotanyAntibiosisDNA Ribosomal SpacerPythiumFranceInternal transcribed spacerCucumis sativusPhycomycetesPest Control BiologicalRibosomal DNACucurbitaceaeBacteriaSoil MicrobiologyPlant Diseasesdescription
Pythium perplexum (F-926) was isolated from a soil sample taken in the Burgundy region in France. In 1907, it was mistakenly described by Bulter as P. vexans. Despite morphological resemblance, the comparison between the internal transcribed spacer 1 regions of the ribosomal DNA of the two fungi leaves no doubt of their different identities. P. perplexum was found to be highly pathogenic to cucumber seedlings. Damping-off disease of cucumber caused by P. perplexum can effectively be controlled by using the soil bacterium Serratia plymuthica (B-781). The details of the morphology and the molecular characterisation of P. perplexum and its biological control with S. plymuthica are described here.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-09-27 | Microbiological research |