Emerging oomycete threats to plants and animals

L Derevnina, B Petre, R Kellner… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Oomycetes, or water moulds, are fungal-like organisms phylogenetically related to algae.
They cause devastating diseases in both plants and animals. Here, we describe seven …

Red swamp crayfish: biology, ecology and invasion-an overview

TG Loureiro, PMSG Anastácio, PB Araujo… - Nauplius, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Alien species have been transported and traded by humans for many centuries. However,
with the era of globalization, biological invasions have reached notable magnitudes …

Money kills native ecosystems: European crayfish as an example

J Jussila, L Edsman, I Maguire… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Native European crayfish conservation was triggered by invasion of crayfish plague disease
agent, Aphanomyces astaci, starting 1860s in Northern Italy. Resulting crayfish plague …

The impact of the water moulds Saprolegnia diclina and Saprolegnia parasitica on natural ecosystems and the aquaculture industry

AH Van Den Berg, D McLaggan… - Fungal Biology …, 2013 - Elsevier
A very large number of diseases in agriculture and aquaculture are caused by fungal-like
micro-organisms, classified as Oomycetes or water moulds. Collectively, oomycetes …

Synopsis of freshwater crayfish diseases and commensal organisms

BF Edgerton, LH Evans, FJ Stephens, RM Overstreet - Aquaculture, 2002 - Elsevier
Disease agents and pests associated with freshwater crayfish fall into six main categories—
viruses, bacteria, rickettsia-like organisms (RLOs), fungi, protists and metazoans. Data and …

Diseases of crayfish: a review

M Longshaw - Journal of invertebrate pathology, 2011 - Elsevier
A systematic review of parasites, pathogens and commensals of freshwater crayfish has
been conducted. All major groups of disease causing agents have been covered including …

Nine things to know about elicitins

L Derevnina, YF Dagdas, JC De la Concepcion… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Elicitins are structurally conserved extracellular proteins in Phytophthora and Pythium
oomycete pathogen species. They were first described in the late 1980s as abundant …

Exotic species of freshwater decapod crustaceans in the state of São Paulo, Brazil: records and possible causes of their introduction

C Magalhães, SLS Bueno, G Bond-Buckup… - Biodiversity & …, 2005 - Springer
Based on recent surveys of the freshwater decapod fauna, distributional data of five exotic
species of freshwater decapod crustaceans for the hydrographic basins of the state of São …

Tracing the oomycete pathogen Saprolegnia parasitica in aquaculture and the environment

D Pavić, D Grbin, S Hudina, U Prosenc Zmrzljak… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Saprolegnia parasitica causes saprolegniosis, a disease responsible for significant
economic losses in aquaculture and declines of fish populations in the wild, but the …

Diseases of European freshwater crayfish, with particular emphasis on interspecific transmission of pathogens

G Vogt - Crayfish in Europe as alien species, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
An overview of the most common diseases of native and naturalized crayfish in Europe is
presented. It mainly focuses on findings of the last decade covering viruses, bacteria …