A very large number of diseases in agriculture and aquaculture are caused by fungal-like
micro-organisms, classified as Oomycetes or water moulds. Collectively, oomycetes …

Despite increasingly sophisticated microbiological techniques, and long after the first
discovery of microbes, basic knowledge is still lacking to fully appreciate the ecological …

Beauveria bassiana is a facultative entomopathogen with an extremely broad host range
that is used as a commercial biopesticide for the control of insects of agricultural, veterinary …

Some of the most devastating plant and animal pathogens belong to the oomycete class.
The cell walls of these microorganisms represent an excellent target for disease control, but …

Molecular phylogenetic relationships among 12 species of Aphanomyces de Bary
(Oomycetes) were analyzed based on 108 ITS sequences of nuclear rDNA. Sequences …

The present study investigated the protective effects of dietary Allium cepa against
Saprolegnia parasitica infections and the amelioration of cadmium-induced …

The lack of a robust taxonomy in the genus Saprolegnia is leading to the presence of
incorrectly named isolates in culture collections and of an increasing number of misassigned …

Live and dead Atlantic salmon eyed eggs were challenged with eight different Saprolegnia
isolates, selected because of their varied origins, known morphological characteristics and …

Fish diseases and disorders. Volume 3: viral, bacterial and fungal infections: <italic toggle='yes'>Saprolegnia<
Page 1 © CAB International 2011. Fish Diseases and Disorders Vol. 3: Viral, Bacterial and …

The unraveling of the evolutionary phylogeny of organisms has been given a tremendous
impetus by the application of molecular techniques that have enabled biologists to, in effect …