Phylum:Chytridiomycota >> Class: Chytridiomycetes >> Order: Spizellomycetales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Spizellomyces acuminatus | |||
Author: | Basionym: Phlyctochytrium africanum Gaertner, Arch. f. Mikrobiol., 21:120. 1954. Spizellomyces acuminatus (D. Barr) D. Barr., Can. J. Bot. 62:1187. 1984. |
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Description: | In 1/4YpSs slush: Sporangium spherical, 45-95 μm diam.; wall smooth or occasionally minutely warted, with 8-9 discharge papillae. Rhizoidal system arising from trunk-like or taproot-like unbranched or branched axis, 7.5-15 μm diam., with a slightly constricted neck; rhizoids extensive richly branched and with blunt ends. Zoospores globose, about 3 μm diam., or amoeboid, 3-4 m 7 μm, with a lateral or posterior lipid droplet; emerging from exit pores. On 1/4 YpSs agar: Sporangium spherical, 32-83.5 μm diam., or ovoid; rhizoidal system arising from inflated, 7.5-15 μm diam., main axis. Color of colony white. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan. Yunlin: garden soil, 22 Jul. 1992, NTNU S01a. Isolated on pine pollen from soil. |
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Habitat: | Soil. | |||
Distribution: | Canada, Taiwan. |
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References: | Barr, DJS. 1984; Chen, SF. 1996; Chen, SF and Chien, CY. 1998. |
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Provided: | S. F. Chen |
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Note: | Barr (1984) suggest that Spizellomyces acuminatus complex could be divided into four groups. Based on physiological (Chen, 1996) and morphological characteristics, our isolate belongs to group I. | |||