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Lagenidium
Sign in to saveLagenidium is a genus of Oomycota. It includes the now deregistered biological control agent Lagenidium giganteum.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomChromista
- PhylumOomycota
- ClassPeronosporea
- OrderPeronosporales
- FamilyPythiaceae
Observations1
via GBIF
Research
136 papers- Cutaneous Lagenidium deciduum infection in a patient with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia.BMC infectious diseases · 2024
- Lagenidium giganteum pathogenicity in mammals.Emerging infectious diseases · 2015
- Oomycete metabarcoding reveals the presence of Lagenidium spp. in phytotelmata.PeerJ · 2019
- Description of three novel Lagenidium (Oomycota) species causing infection in mammals.Revista iberoamericana de micologia · 2016
- Oomycetes: Lagenidium giganteum.Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association · 2007
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pythiaceae
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- taxon name
- Lagenidium
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- Schenk
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Encyclopedic overview
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Lagenidium is a genus of Oomycota. It includes the now deregistered biological control agent Lagenidium giganteum.
Certain species can cause lagenidiosis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lagenidium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.