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Infection of Glaucocystis nostochinearum (Glaucophyta) by Lagenidium sp. (Oomycota) and its hyperparasite Pythiella sp. (Oomycota)

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The glaucophyte Glaucocystis nostochinearum has to our knowledge been observed to be infected by a parasite for the first time. It was found in samples taken from the northernmost freshwater pond in Germany (on the island of Sylt). The fungal parasite was identified as the oomycete Lagenidium sp. which itself was parasitised by another oomycete, Pythiella sp.

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  1. Meeresbotanik (FB2), Universität Bremen, Leobener Str./NW2, D-28334, Bremen, Germany

    Stefanie F. Kühn

  2. Zellenlehre, Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Eberhard Schnepf

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Kühn, S.F., Schnepf, E. Infection of Glaucocystis nostochinearum (Glaucophyta) by Lagenidium sp. (Oomycota) and its hyperparasite Pythiella sp. (Oomycota). Hydrobiologia 481, 165–171 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021246028273

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