Pythium spinosum
Species of single-celled organism
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Pythium spinosum is a plant pathogen infecting a wide variety of crops. Hosts observed to be infected include rice in Taiwan,[1] Primula, Impatiens, soil in Florida,[2] Cucumis melo in South Korea (as damping off),[3] and soybeans in Arkansas USA,[4] China,[4] and Indiana USA.[4]
| Pythium spinosum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Oomycota |
| Class: | Peronosporomycetes |
| Order: | Peronosporales |
| Family: | Pythiaceae |
| Genus: | Pythium |
| Species: | P. spinosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pythium spinosum Sawada, (1926) | |
