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| Phylum | Subphylum | Class | Subclass | Order | Family | Genus | Species | Anamorph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chytridiomycota | Chytridiomycetes | Rhizophydiales | incertaesedis | Homolaphlyctis | polyrhiza |
| Authority | Longcore, Letcher & T.Y. James |
|---|
Motile Cell
Cell type: (ZO) zoospore
Component: Motile Cell
| Characteristic | State | Code | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of flagella | one | 1 |  |
| Electron-opaque plug in axoneme core and between axoneme and flagellar membrane | absent | 0 | |
| Flagellum coating | absent | 0 | |
| Electron-opaque core in kinetosome | absent | 0 | |
| Scalloped ring within kinetosome, extensions of the A, B, or C microtubule | absent | 0 | |
| Kinetosome support | broken kinetosome props | 2 | |
| 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 | 2-5 laterally-oriented, parallel, stacked microtubules arising from side of kinetosome (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophydiales- Alphamyces, Aquamyces, Globomyces, Urceomyces, Gorgonomyces, Pateramyces, Protrudomyces, Rhizophydium, Terramyces, Coralloidiomyces) | 1 | |
| Primary microtubule root absolute configuration | 20 degrees left average (10-35 degrees) | 1 | |
| Striated rhizoplast between kinetosome and nucleus | absent | 0 | |
| Non-flagellated centriole | parallel to kinetosome | 1 | |
| Length of non-flagellated centriole (NfC) compared to length of kinetosome (K) | NfC = K | 1 | |
| Kinetosome-non-flagellated centriole fibrillar bridge | fibers perpendicular to NfC and K | 1 | |
| 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 | |
| Mitochondrion | multiple | 2 | |
| Cisterna | fenestrated | 2 | |
| Paraxonemal structure | absent | 0 | |
| Water expulsion vacoule | absent (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales) | 0 | |
| Golgi apparatus morphology | stacked cisternae (Chytridiomycota; Blastocladiomycota- Physoderma) | 0 | |
| Golgi apparatus location | not associated with flagellar rootlet | 2 | |
| Relationship of microbodies to lipid(s) or nucleus | microbody associated with a single lipid (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales, Cladochytriales, Lobulomycetales, Rhizophydiales) | 0 | |
| Location of cisterna relative to lipid(s) | adjacent to lipids (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Chytridiales, Rhizophydiales, Cladochytriales) | 0 | |
| Location of mitochondria | outside ribosomal core | 0 | |
| Nuclear heel | absent | 0 | |
| Nucleus location | distal to kinetosome | 0 | |
| Posterior dome composed of peripheral granules and array of megatubules | absent | 0 |
| Sources | |
|---|---|
| Character Quality | Good |
| Study Complete | Yes |
| Author | Longcore JE, Letcher PM, James TY. |
| Date | 2011 |
| Source | Mycotaxon 118: 433-440. |
| Herbarium | U Maine |
| Herbarium Number | JEL 142 |
| Collector | J.E. Longcore |
| Substrate | Onion skin |