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| Phylum | Subphylum | Class | Subclass | Order | Family | Genus | Species | Anamorph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chytridiomycota | Chytridiomycetes | incertaesedis | incertaesedis | Synchytrium | macrosporum |
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 | kinetosome props | 1 | |
| 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 | |
| Striated rhizoplast between kinetosome and nucleus | absent | 0 | |
| Non-flagellated centriole | oblique to kinetosome | 2 | |
| 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 | scattered ribosomes (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Spizellomycetales; Rhizophlyctidales- Rhizophlyctis rosea, Sonoraphlyctis ranzonii; incertae sedis: Synchytrium macrosporum, Caulochytrium protostelioides) | 0 | |
| Mitochondrion | multiple | 2 | |
| Cisterna | fenestrated | 2 | |
| Paraxonemal structure | absent | 0 | |
| Golgi apparatus morphology | stacked cisternae (Chytridiomycota; Blastocladiomycota- Physoderma) | 0 | |
| Golgi apparatus location | associated with flagellar rootlet(Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales) | 1 | |
| Relationship of microbodies to lipid(s) or nucleus | microbody associated with nucleus (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophlyctidales- Rhizophlyctis rosea, Sonoraphlyctis ranzonii) | 2 | |
| Location of cisterna relative to lipid(s) | adjacent to lipids (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Chytridiales, Rhizophydiales, Cladochytriales) | 0 | |
| Location of mitochondria | scattered in cytoplasm | 2 | |
| Nuclear heel | absent | 0 | |
| Nucleus location | distal to kinetosome | 0 | |
| Posterior dome composed of peripheral granules and array of megatubules | absent | 0 |
| Sources | |
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| Notes | |
| Author | Montecillo CM, Bracker CE, Powell MJ. |
| Date | 1980. |
| Source | Can J Bot 58: 1885-1897. |
| Lit. Identifier | Ultrastructure of Synchytrium macrosporum zoospores. |