Chytridiomycetes
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| Chytridiomycetes Temporal range: Early Devonian–Recent |
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Chytridiomycota |
| Class: | Chytridiomycetes Caval.-Sm[1] |
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| Chytridium spp. A. Braun, 1851 |
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Chytridiomycetes (pronounced /kɨˌtrɪdi.ɵmaɪˈsiːtiːz/ or /-maɪˈsiːts/[2]) is a class of fungi. Members are found in soil, fresh water, and saline estuaries. They are primitive fungi, and are first known from the Rhynie chert.[3] It has recently been redefined to exclude the taxa Neocallimastigomycota and Monoblepharidomycetes, which are now a phylum and a sister-class respectively. It includes the genera Olpidiopsis and Hypochytrium in addition to the type genus.[4]
Chytridiomycetes is the major class of the phylum Chytridiomycota,[5] which is responsible for the parasitic infections of organisms such as Daphnia[6] and a number of amphibian species,[7] among others.
[edit] References
- ^ Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1998). "A revised six-kingdom system of Life". Biol. Rev. Camb. Philos. Soc. 73 (3): 203–266. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1998.tb00030.x. PMID 9809012.
- ^ OED; Howjsay
- ^ Taylor, T.N.; Remy, W.; Hass, H. (1992). "Fungi from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert: Chytridiomycetes". American Journal of Botany 79 (11): 1233–1241. doi:10.2307/2445050. JSTOR 2445050.
- ^ Hibbett, D.S., et al. (March 2007). "A higher level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi". Mycological Research 111 (5): 509–547. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.004. PMID 17572334.
- ^ Sharma,P.D. (2005). Fungi and Allied Organisms. Alpha Science Int'l Ltd. pp. 545. ISBN 9781842652770. http://books.google.com/?id=ZJwWEMbJ0qYC&printsec=frontcover.
- ^ Johnson, P.A, et al. (2009). "Long-term disease dynamics in lakes: causes and consequences of chytrid infections in Daphnia populations". Ecology 90 (1): 132–144. doi:10.1890/07-2071.1. PMID 19294920. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/07-2071.1.
- ^ Berger, L., et al. (1999). Campbell, A.. ed (in Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs). Chytrid Fungi and Amphibian Declines: Overview, Implications and Future Directions. Environment Australia. pp. 236. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/pubs/frogs.pdf.
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