Saprolegniales
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| Saprolegniales | |
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| Saprolegnia on sesame seeds | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Oomycota |
| Class: | Saprolegniomycetes |
| Order: | Saprolegniales E. Fisch., 1892 |
| Families | |
Saprolegniales is an order of water mould. Members of the order are responsible for numerous parasitic infections affecting aquatic life, such as crayfish plague and ulcerative dermal necrosis.[1]
