Phytomyxea

Phytomyxea
Resting spores of different species
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Rhizaria
Phylum: Cercozoa
Subphylum: Endomyxa
Class: Phytomyxea
Cavalier-Smith, 1993
Orders and Genera
  • Phagomyxida
    • Phagomyxa
  • Plasmodiophorida
    Cook, 1928
Synonyms
  • Phytomyxini Schröter, 1886:133
  • Phytomyxinae MacBride 1892:111; 1899:16; Schröter in Engler & Prantl, 1897; Doflein, 1911:672
  • Phytomyxinea Poche 1913:197
  • Phytomixida Calkins, 1926:328

The Phytomyxea are a class of protists that are parasites of plants. They are divided into the orders Plasmodiophorida (ICZN, or Plasmodiophoromycota, ICBN) and Phagomyxida.[1] A more common name for them is the plasmodiophorids, but this does not always include Phagomyxa (see taxobox).

Life cycle

They typically develop within plant cells, causing the infected tissue to grow into a gall or scab. Important diseases caused by phytomyxeans include club root in cabbage and its relatives, and powdery scab in potatoes. These are caused by species of Plasmodiophora and Spongospora, respectively.

The vegetative form is a multinucleate cell, called a plasmodium. This ultimately divides to form new spores, which are released when the host's cells burst. Both resting spores and motile zoospores, which generally have two smooth flagella, are produced at different stages. Within the plasmodium, dividing nuclei have a distinctive cross-like appearance.

Classification

Plasmodiophorids are traditionally considered slime moulds, because of the plasmodial stage. Thus they are often classified as fungi, and given names such as the Plasmodiophoromycota. However, genetic and ultrastructural studies indicate they belong to a diverse group of protists called the Cercozoa, or are closely related to them.

References

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  1. David Bass, Ema E.-Y. Chao, Sergey Nikolaev, Akinori Yabuki, Ken-ichiro Ishida, Cédric Berney, Ursula Pakzad, Claudia Wylezich and Thomas Cavalier-Smith (February 2009). "Phylogeny of novel naked filose and reticulose Cercozoa: Granofilosea cl. n. and Proteomyxidea revised". Protist 160 (1): 75–109. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2008.07.002. PMID 18952499.
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