Straminipilous Fungi

Abstract

Straminipilous fungi : systematics ofthe peronosporomycetes, including accounts of the marine straminipilous protests, the plasmodiophorids, and similar organisms / by Michael W. Dick. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ).

The Evolutionary Phylogeny of Oomycetes—Insights Gained from Studies of Holocarpic Parasites of Algae and Invertebrates

“…Dick (2001) formally proposed (and diagnosed) the kingdom Straminipila for the heterokont lineage, pointing out the incorrect etymological derivation of the by then widely used informal term ''Stramenopile,'' which was first introduced by Patterson (1989) in reference to the ''straw-like'' flagellum hairs (mastigonemes) possessed by most members of this group. However, in their attempt to bring order and consistency to the naming of protists, algae, and fungi, Adl et al (2005) forcefully argued for the continued use of the name Stramenopile for this lineage, although they side stepped the issue of assigning hierarchical taxonomic ranks.…”

“…The name Heterokonta has been used, respectively, to define both a ''phylum'' (Dick, 2001) and an ''infrakingdom'' (Cavalier-Smith and Chao, 2006). The Heterokonta infrakingdom was split into three phyla (see Fig.…”

“…1.4 THE NAME GAME -THE TAXONOMY OF ''CROWN'' OOMYCETES The current taxonomic organization of the oomycetes has largely been forged by two eminent scholars of zoosporic fungi, Frederick Sparrow (Sparrow, 1960, THE EVOLUTIONARY PHYLOGENY OF OOMYCETES 1976 and Michael Dick (Dick et al, 1984;Dick, 2001). In his encyclopedic treatise on aquatic fungi, Sparrow (1960) split the oomycetes into four orders, the Lagenidiales, Leptomitales, Peronosporales, and Saprolegniales.…”

“…Dick continued to refine oomycete classification culminating in his final synthesis, which he outlined in his magnum opus Straminipilous Fungi, in which he expanded the number of orders to around 12 (Dick, 2001). Sparrow (1976) had pointed out the inappropriateness of the name oomycete, which had been first introduced in 1879, and this was acted on by Dick (1998Dick ( , 2001) who formally renamed the class the Peronosporomycetes.…”

Saprolegnia brachydanis, A New Oomycete Isolated from Zebra Fish

“…Taxonomically, the genus Saprolegnia belongs to the oomycete, which recently has been moved to the new kingdom Stramenopiles [6]. The members of this genus are quite ubiquitous in freshwater and soil ecosystems.…”