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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Cryptomycota Rozella multimorpha
AuthorityLetcher & Longcore



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 microtubules extending anteriorly without regular arrangement from a spur on the kinetosome (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Spizellomycetales- Kochiomyces) 6 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 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 scattered ribosomes (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Spizellomycetales; Rhizophlyctidales- Rhizophlyctis rosea, Sonoraphlyctis ranzonii; incertae sedis: Synchytrium macrosporum, Caulochytrium protostelioides) 0 Images
Mitochondrion single 1 Images
Cisterna simple 1 Images
Paraxonemal structure absent 0 Images
Water expulsion vacoule absent (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales) 0  
Golgi apparatus morphology absence of stacked cisternae (Blastocladiomycota) 1 Images
Golgi apparatus location not associated with flagellar rootlet 2 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 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
Character Quality Good
Study Complete Yes
Author Letcher PM, Longcore JE, James TY, Leite DS, Simmons DR, Powell MJ.
Date 2018
Source Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 64: 180-190.
Herbarium U Maine
Herbarium Number JEL 883
Collector J.E. Longcore
Substrate Pollen

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