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Saprolegnia brachydanis is described from zebra fish (Brachydanio rerio) in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The species is illustrated and compared with other species of the genus. The distinctive characteristics of S. brachydanis are the production of glomerulate oogonia wrapped around by predominantly monoclinous antheridia which can be up to eight in one oogonium. The oogonial stalks are short, straight, or curved and the antheridia, twisted, can enwind one or more oogonia. The oospores cannot mature or easily abort. Morphological features of the oomycete and the ITS sequence of its rDNA as well as the comparison with related species are discussed in this article.
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The authors would like to thank the group of molecular toxicology for the supply of fungal-infected zebra fish. This work was supported by “the Key Science–Technology Project of Hubei Province of China (Grant No. 2007AA203A01)’’ and the project of the 11th National Five-Year-Plan of Key Science and Technology 2006BAD03B04-08 and 2006BAK02A22.
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Ke, X., Wang, J., Gu, Z. et al. Saprolegnia brachydanis, A New Oomycete Isolated from Zebra Fish. Mycopathologia 167, 107–113 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-008-9150-z
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