Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Chytridiomycota incertaesedis incertaesedis incertaesedis Thalassochytrium gracilariopsidis



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 absent 0 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 absent (incertae sedis: Thalassochytrium gracilariopsidis) 0 Images
Kinetosome-non-flagellated centriole fibrillar bridge absent 0 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 multiple 2 Images
Cisterna absent 0 Images
Paraxonemal structure absent 0 Images
Location of cisterna relative to lipid(s) absent (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophydiales- Batrachochytrium; Polychytrium clade- Lacustromyces hiemalis) 3 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
Author Nyvall P, Pedersen M, Longcore JE.
Date 1999.
Source J Phycol 35: 176-185.
Lit. Identifier Thalassochytrium gracilariopsidis (Chytridiomycota), gen. et sp. nov., endosymbiotic in Gracilariopsis sp. (Rhodophyceae)

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