Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Chytridiomycota Chytridiomycetes Olpidiaceae Olpidium brassicae



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 present (Rhizophlyctis rosea, Sonoraphlyctis ranzonii, Caulochytrium protostelioides, Olpidium brassicae) 1 Images
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 parallel to NfC and K 2  
Non-flagellated centriole-associated veil absent 0  
Paracrystalline inclusion absent 0  
Ribosomal organization scattered ribosomes (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Spizellomycetales; Rhizophlyctidales- Rhizophlyctis rosea, Sonoraphlyctis ranzonii; incertae sedis: Synchytrium macrosporum, Caulochytrium protostelioides) 0 Images
Mitochondrion multiple 2 Images
Cisterna simple 1 Images
Paraxonemal structure absent 0 Images
Golgi apparatus morphology stacked cisternae (Chytridiomycota; Blastocladiomycota- Physoderma) 0 Images
Golgi apparatus location not associated with flagellar rootlet 2 Images
Relationship of microbodies to lipid(s) or nucleus microbody associated with nucleus (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophlyctidales- Rhizophlyctis rosea, Sonoraphlyctis ranzonii) 2 Images
Location of cisterna relative to lipid(s) adjacent to lipids (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Chytridiales, Rhizophydiales, Cladochytriales) 0 Images
Location of mitochondria scattered in cytoplasm 2 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 Barr DJS, Hartmann VE. 1977. Zoospore ultrastructure of Olpidium brassicae and Rhizophlyctis rosea. Can J Bot 55: 1221-1235.

Temmink JHM, Campbell RN. 1969. The ultrastructure of Olpidium brassicae. II. Zoospores. Can J Bot 47: 227-231.

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