Oomycetes are economically important because they are aggressive plant pathogens.
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Oomycetes form sperm nuclei in a syncyticalantheridium surrounding the egg cells.
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The oomycetes are fungal-like organisms that have evolved from marine algae.
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In contrast to plants and the oomycetes, fungal cell walls do not contain cellulose.
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P. infestans belongs to a group of destructive pathogens called oomycetes.
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Agricultural problems caused by oomycetes don't stop with P. infestans.
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Oomycetes are diploid bikonts, grouped in the Chromalveolate kingdom.
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Most oomycetes produce self-motile zoospores with two flagella.
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The oomycetes are not true fungi but are fungus-like organisms.
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Nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores; sometimes classified as protoctists
Oomycota or oomycetes (/u02CCu0259u028Au0259u02C8mau026Asiu02D0t/) form a distinct phylogenetic lineage of fungus-like eukaryotic microorganisms. They are filamentous, microscopic, absorptive organisms that reproduce both sexually and asexually...
(Oomycete) Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis
(Oomycete) A group of fungi that produce oospores such as Pythium, Phytophthora, and Aphanomyces.
(oomycete) A protist with flagellated cells, such as a water mold, white rust, or downy mildew, that acquires nutrition mainly as a decomposer or plant parasite.