Polymyxa graminis

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Polymyxa graminis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: protist
Class: Plasmodiophorea
Order: Plasmodiophorida
Family: Plasmodiophoridae
Genus: Polymyxa

Polymyxa graminis is a plasmodiophorid. It is an obligate parasite of plant roots and though itself in non-pathogenic, it is responsible for the transmission of several very important plant viruses, inculding Barley yellow mosaic virus.

[edit] References

  • Plasmodiophorid Home Page
  • Konstantin Kanyuka, Elaine Ward and Michael J. Adams. Polymyxa graminis and the cereal viruses it transmits: a research challenge. Molecular Plant Pathology, Vol 4 page 393.
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