Saprolegniales | |
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Saprolegnia on sesame seeds | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Oomycota |
Order: | Saprolegniales E. Fisch., 1892 |
Families | |
Saprolegniales is an order of water mould. Members of the order are responsible for numerous parasitic infections affecting aquatic life, such as crayfish plague and ulcerative dermal necrosis.[1]