Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Chytridiomycota Chytridiomycetes Rhizophlyctidales Arizonaphlyctidaceae Arizonaphlyctis lemmonensis



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 absent 0 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 absent 0 Images
Primary microtubule root absolute configuration absent 0  
Striated rhizoplast between kinetosome and nucleus absent 0  
Non-flagellated centriole oblique to kinetosome 2 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 loosely enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum and surrounding nucleus (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophlyctidales- Arizonaphlyctis, Borealophlyctis) 3 Images
Mitochondrion multiple 2 Images
Cisterna simple 1 Images
Paraxonemal structure absent 0 Images
Relationship of microbodies to lipid(s) or nucleus microbody associated with multiple lipids (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Spizellomycetales, Rhizophlyctidales, Rhizophydiales- Batrachochytrium; incertae sedis: Caulochytrium protostelioides) 1 Images
Location of cisterna relative to lipid(s) adjacent to lipids (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Chytridiales, Rhizophydiales, Cladochytriales) 0 Images
Location of mitochondria within ribosomal core 1 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
Study Complete Yes
Author Letcher P. M., M. J. Powell, D. J. S. Barr, P. F. Churchill, W. S. Wakefield, K. T. Picard.
Date 2008.
Source Mycological Research 112: 1031-1048.
Lit. Identifier Rhizophlyctidales- a new order in Chytridiomycota.
Other Sources Barr DJS, Desaulniers NL. 1986. Four zoospore subtypes in the Rhizophlyctis-Karlingia complex (Chytridiomycetes). Can J Bot 64: 561-572.

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