Parasite Journal Club: The Phytomyxids

This week we’ll move away from the opisthokonts, and will talk about a group of rhizarian parasites; the phytomyxids.

Time: Nov. 28, 2014 10:15 AM

The phytomyxids are cosmopolitan, obligate biotrophic parasites of plants, diatoms, oomycetes and brown algae. The papers (Neuhauser et al. 2011 & 2014) we will discuss are:

Neuhauser, S., M. Kirchmair, S. Bulman and D. Bass (2014). "Cross-kingdom host shifts of phytomyxid parasites." BMC Evolutionary Biology 14(1): 33. and

Neuhauser, S., M. Kirchmair and F. H. Gleason (2011). "Ecological roles of the parasitic phytomyxids (plasmodiophorids) in marine ecosystems - a review." 62(4): 365-371.

For those of you who want to read more about this check out this book Chapter "Rhizaria: Phytomyxea".

Hope to see you on Friday at 10.15.

Published Nov. 26, 2014 10:54 AM - Last modified Nov. 26, 2014 10:58 AM