First record of the diatom pathogen <i>Diatomophthora perforans</i> cf. subsp. <i>pleurosigmae</i> (Oomycota) from the Mediterranean microphytobenthos
Abstract Knowledge about pathogens of diatoms and macroalgae in the Mediterranean is scarce. This paper reports the first record of the oomycete Diatomophthora perforans subsp. pleurosigmae infecting the Mediterranean microphytobenthic diatom Pleurosigma cf. intermedium , which was detected in the context of marine environmental surveys of the brine outfalls of two seawater desalination plants.
Authors
- Vasilis Resaikos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5929-024X)
- Magdalene Papatheodoulou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1759-1858)
- Myrsini M. Lymperaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7842-4097)
- Bettina Scholz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-5270)
- Frithjof C. Kuepper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1273-7109)
- Eleni Avramidi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1699-150X)
- Kleopatra Grammatiki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4174-7279)
Institutions
- University of Aberdeen (GB)
- San Diego State University (US)
- University of Cyprus (CY)
- Skin Research Center (FR)
- University of Akureyri (IS)
- University of Algarve (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Botanica Marina
- Published
- 2025-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2025-0028
- Primary Topic
- Diatoms and Algae Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00