any organism of the phylum Oomycota (or Oomycetes), formerly classified as fungi but now usually included in the kingdom Protoctista or Protista: includes the water moulds and downy mildews
Examples of 'oomycete' in a sentence
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This oomycete not only causes severe economic losses but also threatens natural ecosystems.
J. Engelbrecht, T. A. Duong, N. v. d. Berg 2017, 'New microsatellite markers for population studies of Phytophthora cinnamomi, an importantglobal pathogen', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-017-17799-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Calcium and other plant nutrients have been used in disease management of oomycete pathogens.
Peiqing Liu, jie gong, xueling ding, Yue Jiang, guoliang chen, benjin li, qiyong weng,Qinghe Chen 2016, 'Title: The L-type Ca2+ channel blocker nifedipine inhibits mycelial growth, sporulation,and virulence of Phytophthora capsici', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01236/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results showed that 4′-oxyalkylated analogues of isocordoin could be potential anti-oomycete agents.
Beatriz Escobar, Iván Montenegro, Joan Villena, Enrique Werner, Patricio Godoy, YusserOlguín, Alejandro Madrid 2017, 'Hemi-Synthesis and Anti-Oomycete Activity of Analogues of Isocordoin', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/22/6/968. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This finding suggests that the gene contributes to restricting oomycete development within plant tissues.
Jo-Yanne Le Berre, Mathieu Gourgues, Birgit Samans, Harald Keller, Franck Panabières,Agnes Attard 2017, 'Transcriptome dynamic of Arabidopsis roots infected with Phytophthora parasitica identifiesVQ29, a gene induced during the penetration and involved in the restriction of infection.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5744986?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This study revealed new insights into the interactions between bacteria and oomycete.
Yangyang Zhao, Guoliang Qian, Yuan Chen, Liangcheng Du, Fengquan Liu 2017, 'Transcriptional and Antagonistic Responses of Biocontrol Strain Lysobacter enzymogenesOH11 to the Plant Pathogenic Oomycete Pythium aphanidermatum', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01025/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Soilborne fungal and oomycete pathogens are the causal agents of several important plant diseases.
Telsa Willsey, Telsa Willsey, Syama Chatterton, Héctor Cárcamo 2017, 'Interactions of Root-Feeding Insects with Fungal and Oomycete Plant Pathogens', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01764/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fungal and oomycete plant parasites are among the most devastating pathogens of food crops.
Benjamin Petre, Sophien Kamoun 2014, 'How do filamentous pathogens deliver effector proteins into plant cells?', PLoS Biologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3934835?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The resinous exudate showed a strong anti-oomycete activity.
Iván Montenegro, Elizabeth Sánchez, Enrique Werner, Patricio Godoy, Yusser Olguín,Nelson Caro, Nicole Ehrenfeld, Alejandro Madrid 2019, 'Isolation and identification of compounds from the resinous exudate of Escalloniaillinita Presl. and their anti-oomycete activity', BMC Chemistryhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13065-019-0516-8. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Animals and plants are increasingly threatened by emerging fungal and oomycete diseases.
Yiying Liu, Christin Zachow, Jos M. Raaijmakers, Irene de Bruijn 2016, 'Elucidating the Diversity of Aquatic Microdochium and Trichoderma Species and TheirActivity against the Fish Pathogen Saprolegnia diclina', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/17/1/140. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this study, we benchmark secretion prediction tools on experimentally validated fungal and oomycete effectors.
Jana eSperschneider, Angela eWilliams, Angela eWilliams, James eHane, James eHane,Karam eSingh, Karam eSingh, Jennifer eTaylor 2015, 'Evaluation of secretion prediction highlights differing approaches needed for oomyceteand fungal effectors', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.01168/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)