Variation in the hyphal growth rate and the virulence of two genotypes of the crayfish plague organism Aphanomyces astaci

Autor: Sirpa Heinikainen, A-M K Virtala, Satu Viljamaa-Dirks, H Torssonen, Sinikka Pelkonen
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of fish diseases. 39(6)
ISSN: 1365-2761
Popis: Crayfish plague, a devastating disease of freshwater crayfish, is caused by an oomycete organism, Aphanomyces astaci. Currently five genotypes of A. astaci are known, but variable features between the strains or genotypes have not been studied extensively. This study analysed 28 isolates of the As genotype and 25 isolates of the Ps1 genotype and reveals that the radial growth rate is significantly (P
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