Trichome

Plasmodiophores
"Plasmodiophoraceae" 1960 illustration.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Endomyxa
Class: Phytomyxea
Order: Plasmodiophorida
Cook, 1928
Family: Plasmodiophoridae
Zopf, 1884
Type genus
Plasmodiophora
M. Woronin, 1877
Genera
Synonyms
  • Plasmodiophoromycota Whittaker, 1969
  • Plasmodiophoromycetes K. Cejp, 1957
  • Plasmodiophorales Engl., 1892
  • Plasmodiophorales F.L. Stevens, 1913
  • Woroninales A.A. Jaczewski & P.A. Jaczewski, 1931
  • Plasmodiophoraceae Zopf ex Berl., 1888
  • Woroninaceae M. von Minden, 1911

The plasmodiophores[1] (also known as plasmophorids[2] or plasmodiophorids[3]) are a group of obligate endoparasitic protists belonging to the subphylum Endomyxa in Cercozoa.[4] Taxonomically, they are united under a single family Plasmodiophoridae, order Plasmodiophorida, sister to the phagomyxids.[5]

Ecology and pathology[edit]

Plasmodiophores are pathogenic for a wide range of organisms, but mainly green plants. The more commonly recognized are agents of plant diseases such as clubroot, powdery scab and crook root of watercress,[6] or vectors for viruses that infect beets, peanut, monocots and potatoes, such as the potato mop-top virus or the beet necrotic yellow vein virus.[7][8]

Taxonomy[edit]

History[edit]

The plasmodiophores have historically been regarded as Fungi. The first description of plasmodiophores as a taxonomic group was in 1885 by Zopf, who united two genera Plasmodiophora and Tetramyxa in a common family “Plasmodiophoreæ”, inside the group “Monadineæ”, as part of the division Myxomycetes. The family was renamed “Plasmodiophoraceae” in 1888 by Berlese.[9] In 1892, Engler placed the family in its own class “Plasmodiophorales”, later renamed “Plasmodiophoromycetes” to fit nomenclature standards.[10]

In 1969 Whittaker, in his five-kingdom system, elevated the group to a separate phylum “Plasmodiophoromycota”, acknowledging them as protists instead of fungi.[1]

In 1993 Cavalier-Smith included the plasmodiophores and their sister group Phagomyxida in their current class, Phytomyxea, as part of a polyphyletic phylum called Opalozoa, which at the time contained a diverse assemblage of unrelated zooflagellates, opalines and proteomyxids.[11] Eventually this phylum was discarded, and the name Opalozoa was modified to label a group inside the phylum Bigyra containing the opalines, bicosoecids and related organisms.[12]

Finally, after phylogenetic analyses, in 2002 Cavalier-Smith placed all Phytomyxea, including plasmodiophores, in the subphylum Endomyxa, inside the rhizarian phylum Cercozoa.[13][14]

Classification[edit]

The number of genera varies between sources. There are three accepted genera in the group according to the WoRMS register: Plasmodiophora, Spongospora and Tetramyxa.[15] Below is a complete list with genera that are not included in the register but appear in relevant sources:[3][16][17]

  • Ligniera R. Maire & A. Tison 1911 (=Anisomyxa Nemec 1913; Rhizomyxa Borzí 1884; Sorolpidium B. Nĕmec 1911)
  • Membranosorus C.H. Ostenfeld & H.E. Petersen 1930
  • Octomyxa J.N. Couch J. Leitner & A. Whiffen 1939
  • Polymyxa G.A. Ledingham 1939
  • Plasmodiophora Woronin 1877 (=Ostenfeldiella Ferdinandsen & Winge 1914)
  • Sorodiscus G. Lagerheim & Ø. Winge 1912
  • Sorosphaerula J. Schröt. 1886 (as Sorosphaera) nom. nov. Neuhauser & Kirchmair 2011[18] (=Tuburcinia E.M. Fries; Sorosporium F. Rudolphi 1829)
  • Spongospora Brunch. 1887 (=Clathrosorus C. Ferdinandson & Ö. Winge 1920)
  • Tetramyxa K. Goebel 1884 (=Molliardia R. Maire & A. Tison 1911; Thecaphora W. A. Setchell 1924)
  • Woronina Cornu 1872

These genera were once considered plasmodiophores[19] until they were excluded:[17]

References[edit]

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