- Polymyxa graminis
Taxobox
name = "Polymyxa graminis"
regnum =Rhizaria
phylum =Cercozoa
classis =Plasmodiophorea
ordo =Plasmodiophorida
familia =Plasmodiophoridae
genus =Polymyxa
species = "Polymyxa graminis""Polymyxa graminis" is a
plasmodiophorid . It is an obligateparasite ofplant root s and though itself in non-pathogenic, it is responsible for the transmission of several very importantplant virus es, including "Barley yellow mosaic virus " (BaYMV) and "Soil-borne wheat mosaic virus " (SBWMV).References
* [http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~braselto/plasmos/ Plasmodiophorid Home Page]
*Konstantin Kanyuka, Elaine Ward and Michael J. Adams. "Polymyxa graminis and the cereal viruses it transmits: a research challenge". Molecular Plant Pathology, Vol 4 page 393.
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