Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Chytridiomycota Chytridiomycetes Cladochytriales incertaesedis Allochytridium expandens



Motile Cell

Cell type: (ZO) zoospore

Component: Motile Cell

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Number of flagella one 1 Images
Electron-opaque plug in axoneme core and between axoneme and flagellar membrane present 1 Images
Flagellum coating absent 0 Images
Electron-opaque core in kinetosome absent 0 Images
Scalloped ring within kinetosome, extensions of the A, B, or C microtubule absent 0 Images
Kinetosome support kinetosome props 1 Images
Kinetosome-associated plates absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated saddle absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated shield absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated spur absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated striated disc absent 0  
Primary microtubule root more than 20 laterally-oriented, parallel, bundled microtubules with linkers between them, arising from side of kinetosome (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Cladochytriales) 3 Images
Primary microtubule root absolute configuration absent 0  
Striated rhizoplast between kinetosome and nucleus absent 0  
Non-flagellated centriole parallel to kinetosome 1 Images
Length of non-flagellated centriole (NfC) compared to length of kinetosome (K) NfC = K 1 Images
Kinetosome-non-flagellated centriole fibrillar bridge fibers perpendicular to NfC and K 1 Images
Non-flagellated centriole-associated veil absent 0  
Paracrystalline inclusion absent 0  
Ribosomal organization core area of aggregated ribosomes partially or completely enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Chytridiales, Rhizophydiales, Cladochytriales, Lobulomycetales; incertae sedis: Polyphagus euglenae; Monoblepharidomycetes) 1 Images
Mitochondrion multiple 2 Images
Cisterna fenestrated 2 Images
Paraxonemal structure absent 0 Images
Golgi apparatus morphology stacked cisternae (Chytridiomycota; Blastocladiomycota- Physoderma) 0 Images
Golgi apparatus location associated with flagellar rootlet(Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales) 1 Images
Relationship of microbodies to lipid(s) or nucleus microbody associated with a single lipid (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales, Cladochytriales, Lobulomycetales, Rhizophydiales) 0 Images
Location of cisterna relative to lipid(s) adjacent to lipids (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Chytridiales, Rhizophydiales, Cladochytriales) 0 Images
Location of mitochondria outside ribosomal core 0 Images
Nuclear heel absent 0 Images
Nucleus location distal to kinetosome 0 Images
Posterior dome composed of peripheral granules and array of megatubules absent 0  
Sources
Notes
Study Complete Yes
Author Barr DJS.
Date 1986.
Source Mycologia 78: 439-448.
Lit. Identifier Allochytridium expandens rediscovered: morphology, physiology and zoospore ultrastructure.

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