The fungus-like microorganism Pythium insidiosum causes pythiosis, a life-threatening
infectious disease increasingly reported worldwide. Antimicrobial drugs are ineffective …

Pythiosis is a life-threatening infectious disease caused by the oomycete Pythium
insidiosum. Direct exposure to Py. insidiosum zoospores can initiate infections of the eye …

Pythiosis, a life-threatening infectious condition caused by Pythium insidiosum, has been
increasingly reported in humans and animals worldwide. Antifungal drugs usually fail to …

Objectives Pythium insidiosum causes a difficult-to-treat infectious condition called pythiosis,
with high morbidity and mortality. So far, genome data of at least 10 strains of P. insidiosum …

Pythium insidiosum is an important oomycete due to its ability to infect humans and animals.
It causes pythiosis, a disease of difficult treatment that occurs more frequently in humans in …

Pythium insidiosum is an aquatic oomycete microorganism that causes the fatal infectious
disease, pythiosis, in humans and animals. The organism has been successfully isolated …

Abstract Objectives The oomycete Pythium insidiosum infects humans and animals
worldwide, and causes the life-threatening condition, called pythosis. Most patients lose …

Pythium insidiosum is a unique oomycete microorganism, capable of infecting humans and
animals. The organism can be phylogenetically categorized into three distinct clades: Clade …

Oomycetes form a unique group of the fungal-like, aquatic, eukaryotic microorganisms.
Lifestyle and pathogenicity of the oomycetes are diverse. Many pathogenic oomycetes affect …

The study of biological diversification of oomycetes has been a difficult task for more than a
century. Pioneer researchers used morphological characters to describe this heterogeneous …