Phylum | Subphylum | Class | Subclass | Order | Family | Genus | Species | Anamorph |
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Blastocladiomycota | Blastocladiomycetes | Blastocladiales | Blastocladiaceae | Allomyces | macrogynus |
Authority | Emerson & Wilson |
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Sources | |
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Character Quality | good |
Fixation | gluteraldehyde with osmium postfix |
Study Complete | no |
Author | Olson, L.W. |
Date | 1974 |
Source | Compt. Rend. Trav. Lab. Carlsberg. 40(12): 113-124 |
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Notes | Central pore with swelling becomes walled off; development of lateral pores byfive or more ingrowths. |
Character Quality | Good |
Fixation | glutaraldehyde; postfixed in osmium |
Study Complete | Yes |
Author | Meyer, R.J. and Fuller, M.S. |
Date | 1985 |
Source | Amer. J. Bot. 72: 1458-1465 |
Collector | R. Emerson |
Source of character | Culture Burma 3-35 |
Characteristic | State | Code | Images |
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Cholesterol pathway | present | 1 |
Sources | |
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Fixation | Gas-liquid chromatography |
Study Complete | Yes |
Author | Weete, J.D., Fuller, M.S., Huang, M.Q., and Gandhi, S. |
Date | 1989 |
Source | Experimental Mycology 13:183-195 |
Lit. Identifier | Maritza Abril, 9 September, 2008 |
Culture collection | ATCC |
Culture no. | 38327 |
Source of character | Culture |
Characteristic | State | Code | Images |
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Cholest-5-enol (Cholesterol) | present | 1 |
Sources | |
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Fixation | Gas-liquid chromatography |
Study Complete | Yes |
Author | Weete, J.D., Fuller, M.S., Huang, M.Q., and Gandhi, S. |
Date | 1989 |
Source | Experimental Mycology 13:183-195 |
Lit. Identifier | Maritza Abril, 9 September, 2008 |
Culture collection | ATCC |
Culture no. | 38327 |
Source of character | Culture |
Characteristic | State | Code | Images |
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Spitzenkörper (SPK) | present | 1 | |
Vesicles concentrated in thin layer beneath apical plasma membrane and/or loosely organized throughout apical dome | absent | 0 | |
SPK function | SPK nucleating microtubules | 2 | |
SPK structure (light microscopy) | central core present, phase-bright | 2 | |
SPK detailed structure (electron microscopy) | central core enriched with microvesicles | 2 | |
Ribosome cluster distal to SPK or vesicle accumulation in apical dome | absent or not observed | 0 | |
Macrovesicles with uniformly dense lumen | absent | 0 | |
Microvesicles (25–45 nm diam.) with uniformly dense lumen | present (smooth profile) | 1 | |
Macrovesicles (90–250 nm diam.) with an electron dense core, and less dense periphery | absent | 0 | |
Microvesicles with an electron dense core, and less dense periphery (30-65 nm diam.) | absent | 0 | |
Filasomes (protein-coated microvesicles; 30–40 nm diam.) | present and common | 2 | |
Sub-apical cluster of putative lipid globules | absent | 0 |
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Character Quality | Good |
Fixation | cryofixation/freeze substitution osmium and uranyl acetate, live cell light microscopy imaging |
Study Complete | Yes |
Author | Vargas, M., Aronson, J.M. and Roberson R.W. |
Date | 1993 |
Source | Protoplasma 176:43-52 |
Culture collection | ACTT |
Culture no. | 38327 |
Source of character | Hyphae |