| environmental sampling reveals that pythium insidiosum is ubiquitous and genetically diverse in north central florida. | pythiosis is a deadly disease of horses, dogs, and other mammals, including humans, in tropical and subtropical regions. in the united states, the disease has been reported in the southeast as well as in the temperate north and the dry southwest. the causal agent of pythiosis is pythium insidiosum, one of few mammalian pathogens in the fungus-like oomycetes. p. insidiosum has not been studied in the environment in the united states. given anecdotal reports of pythiosis in gainesville, florida do ... | 2015 | 26229152 |