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The fish, Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1839), is recorded as a new host of Aphanomyces laevis de Bary, 1860. It is the first and only report of any oomycete causing disease on A. panchax. Aphanomyces laevis was found to be a virulent parasite of A. panchax that caused cotton-wool disease involving the skin and fins. The hyphae also penetrated deep into the tissues of the infected fish and all of them ultimately died.
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Mondal, S.K., De, A.B. A fatal oomycotic disease of the fresh water fish Aplocheilus panchax in India caused by Aphanomyces laevis . Mycopathologia 154, 21–24 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015252717966
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