Achlya

This article is about the water mould. For the moth genus of the same name, see Achlya (moth). For the chemical compound, see Achlorhydria.

Achlya
Mainly Achlya sp. Isolated from small stream around rice field. Incubated in room temperature on hemp seed
Mainly Achlya sp. Isolated from small stream around rice field. Incubated in room temperature on hemp seed
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Oomycota
Order: Saprolegniales
Family: Saprolegniaceae
Genus: Achlya

Achlya is a genus of oomycete (water mold), in the family Saprolegniaceae. The genus includes several plant pathogens including Achlya conspicua and Achlya klebsiana. Unlike many other microorganisms, cell expansion is governed by changes in cell wall strength rather than changes in osmotic pressure.[1] The genome of Achlya hypogyna has been sequenced and can be accessed on public online databases, for example on the NCBI website (National Center for Biotechnology Information).[2]

The genus was first circumscribed in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. vol.11 on page 514 in 1823 by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck.[3][4]

The type species is Achlya prolifera.[3]

The genus name of Achlya is named after Achlys, who in the Hesiodic Shield of Heracles, is one of the figures depicted on Heracles' shield, perhaps representing the personification of sorrow.[5]

Several Achyla spp. are pathogens of rice seedlings.[6]

  1. ^ Extension growth of the water mold Achlya: interplay of turgor and wall strength
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Misner-et-al-2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Index Fungorum - Names Record: Achlya". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  4. ^ Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1823). Carus, J.V. (ed.). "Beitrag zur Geschichte der etc. Schimmelgattungen". Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 11: 514.
  5. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference LSU-Rice-Prod-HBk was invoked but never defined (see the help page).