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dc.contributor.authorRaghukumar, C.
dc.date.accessioned1995-06-12T10:01:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-29T13:48:17Z
dc.date.available1995-06-12T10:01:19Z
dc.date.available2017-09-29T13:48:17Z
dc.date.issued1986
dc.identifier.citationIndian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.15; 1986; 42-44
dc.identifier.issn0379-5136
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6168
dc.description.abstractCentroceras clavulatum collected from rocky shores was found to harbour an epiphytic fungus identified as Chytridium polysiphoniae. Maximum infection of the host alga occurred during June-July 1984. Under laboratory conditions optimum infection occurred at 25 x 10 3 salinity and 30 degrees C temperature. The infection was restricted to one locality (Anjuna), although the host alga was found at other sites in Goa. Chytridium polysiphoniae could not infect killed host alga and it could not be cultured on artificial media, suggesting its obligate parasitic nature. The fungus and its occurrence on Centroceras clavulatum are reported for the fist time from India.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCSIR-NISCAIR
dc.relation.ispartofIndian J Mar Sci
dc.relation.isreferencedbySCI
dc.subjectAquatic Ecology, Productivity
dc.subject.othernew records
dc.subject.otherparasites
dc.subject.otherepiphytes
dc.subject.otherPathogens
dc.subject.othercentroceras clavulatum
dc.subject.otherchytridium polysiphoniae
dc.subject.otherfungi
dc.subject.otherAlgae
dc.subject.otherISW, India, Goa
dc.titleChytridium polysiphoniae - a fungal pathogen on the Red alga Centroceras clavulatum (C. Agardh) Montagne, from Goa
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorCSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India


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