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Pythium

Medical Definition: A genus of destructive root-parasitic algae in the family Pythiaceae, order Peronosporales, commonly found in cultivated soils all over the world. Differentiation of zoospores takes place in a vesicle.
Guide Notes: an alga belonging to the group OOMYCETES

Pythium Medical Definitions and Terms

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