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6 Chytridiomycota, Monoblepharidomycota, and Neocallimastigomycota MARTHAJ. POWELL^1 ,PETERM. LETCHER^1 CONTENTS I. Introduction ...

2007 , 2011 , 2012 ; Miki et al. 2011 ; Sime-Ngando et al. 2011 ). This chapter updates Barr’s ( 2001 ) review of zoosporic fung ...

twigs, fruits, or insect material in shallow fresh- water habitats, and as filamentous growth, often as tufts with a slimy textu ...

Fig. 6.2Light microscopic morphological features of Chytridiomycota and Monoblepharidomycota. A. Oblong zoospore with prominent ...

reserves for energy (Powell1976b). Theirpat- tern of swimmingis not one of a direct trajec- tory to a substrate but rather one o ...

eating earthworms or plant debris harboring chytrids is not known. Aquatic birds carry thalli of the amphibian parasiteBatrachoc ...

used morphological character states appear in multiple lineages and are convergent. For example, Sparrow ( 1960 ) used differenc ...

and6.4F, G, I, J) are applicable in the determi- nation of families (Letcher et al.2008c;Ve ́lez et al. 2011 ) and genera (Letch ...

Fig. 6.3Ultrastructural characters and character states in Rhizophydiales.Arrowsindicate illustrated feature. A–C. Microbody–lip ...

the fenestrae may be reduced or lost (Letcher et al.2008c), and the cisterna may be absent (Longcore et al. 1999 ). When a fenes ...

Fig. 6.4Ultrastructural characters and character states in Chytridiales (A, B, D–K), Rhizophydiales (C), Rhi- zophlyctidales (L) ...

have now been described for this order (Letcher et al.2008c; Powell et al. 2011 ). Members of the Rhizophydiales are environment ...

Key to Families in the Rhizophydiales using Ultrastructural Characters A. Kinetosome associated, crescent-shaped structure a spu ...

Fig. 6.5(continued) 154 M.J. Powell and P.M. Letcher ...

Fig. 6.5Schematics of longitudinal sections through zoospores representative of 11 lineages of zoosporic fungi (A–K), with trans ...

Number of mitochondria in longitudinal section: 0, one; 1, multiple. Close association of a lobe of a mitochondrion with kineto ...

among the most commonly reported and isolated chitinophilic chytrids from aquatic habitats. Isolated from soil,Rhizidium phyco- ...