Oomycetes (downy mildews and water molds)

(Life; Eukaryotes; stramenopiles)

Synonym: Oomycota

Classification

(from National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy browser, May 2001)

• Lagenidiales. Includes Lagenidium
• Leptomitales. Includes Apodachlya, Leptomitus
• Peronosporales
  • Albuginaceae. Includes Albugo
  • Peronosporaceae. Includes Bremia, Peronospora, Plasmopara, Pseudoperonospora
• Pythiales. Includes Halophytophthora, Peronophythora, Phytophthora, Pythium. Phytophthora infestans is the causative organism of Late Potato Blight which caused the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840's.  
• Rhipidiales. Includes Sapromyces
• Saprolegniales. Includes Achlya, Aphanomyces, Aplanes, Aplanopsis, Brevilegnia, Calyptralegnia, Dictyuchus, Isoachlya, Leptolegnia, Plectospira, Pythiopsis, Saprolegnia, Scoliolegnia, Thraustotheca
• Sclerosporales. Includes Pachymetra

Text by Hamish G. Robertson