title: A fatal oomycotic disease of the fresh water fish Aplocheilus panchax in India caused by Aphanomyces laevis.
abstract: The fish, Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1839), is recorded as a new host of Aphanomyces laevis de Bary, 1860. It is the first and only report of any oomycete causing disease on A. panchax. Aphanomyces laevis was found to be a virulent parasite of A. panchax that caused cotton-wool disease involving the skin and fins. The hyphae also penetrated deep into the tissues of the infected fish and all of them ultimately died.
authors.affiliation: Department of Industrial Fish and Fisheries, Burdwan Raj College, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: De
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002816:Chordata, Nonvertebrate; D005393:Fish Diseases; D005399:Fishes; D005618:Fresh Water; D007194:India; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009868:Oomycetes / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014774:Virulence