Labyrinthula zosterae sp. Nov., the causative agent of wasting disease of eelgrass, Zostera marina

Authors

Lisa K. Muehlstein, University of Georgia
David Porter, University of Georgia
Frederick T. Short, University of New HampshireFollow

Abstract

A pathogenic species of marine slime mold, Labyrinthula, has been identified as the etiological agent of the present recurrence of wasting disease of eelgrass, Zostera marina. It is also implicated as causing the previous epidemic eelgrass wasting disease that occurred in the 1930s. We propose Labyrinthula zosterae sp. nov. for this pathogen based on its host specificity, cytology, characteristic growth patterns in culture, cell size, color in mass, and aggregation structures.

Publication Date

1-1-1991

Journal Title

Mycologia

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1991.12025994

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

Muehlstein, L.K., D. Porter and F.T. Short. 1991. Labyrinthula zosterae sp. Nov., the causative agent of wasting disease of eelgrass, Zostera marina. Mycologia 83:180-191.