Pythium species from rice roots differ in virulence, host colonization and nutritional profile

BMC Plant Biology

Table 3 Carbon sources specific to P. arrhenomanes and/or P. graminicola, and/or shared with P. inflatum

Carbon source	P. arrhenomanes*	P. graminicola*	P. inflatum*
D-alanine	+	-	-
D-serine	+	-	-
Itaconic acid	+	-	-
L-threonine	+	-	-
Formic acid	+	+	-
Hydroxy-L-proline	+	+	-
α-ketobutyric acid	+	+	-
Citric acid	+	-	+
D-galactose	+	-	+
D-mannitol	+	-	+
D-sorbitol	+	-	+
L-serine	+	-	+
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine	+	-	+
Pyruvic acid	+	-	+
Pyruvic acid methyl ester	+	-	+
Succinamic acid	+	-	+
Xylitol	+	-	+
Adonitol	-	+	+
Bromosuccinic acid	-	+	+
D-arabitol	-	+	+
Lactulose	-	+	+

* + or - indicate if the Pythium spp. could respectively grow or not on the according carbon sources. Statistical analyses were performed using Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric tests in SPSS 21 (SPSS Inc.) (α = 0.05, P ≤ α).

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