Labyrinthuloides schizochytrops N. Sp., a New Marine Labyrinthula With Speroid "Spindle" Cells
Quick JA. 1974. Labyrinthuloides schizochytrops N. Sp., a New Marine Labyrinthula With Speroid "Spindle" Cells. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 93(3):344-365
Quick, J. A., JR. 1974. Labyrinthuloides schizochytrops n. sp., a new marine labyrinthula with spheroid "spindle" cells. Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc., 93: 344-365. A new polymorphic, phycomycetous fungus, Labyrinthuloides schizochytrops n. sp., was found commonly on the seagrass Halodule ( = Diplanthera) wrightii in Florida. Cultures were isolated and maintained on 10% bovine serum agar medium. Large, spreading colonies of inflexibly spheroid, heavily included "spindle" cells moving slowly on fine filiform slime trails are characteristic. Sporangia compartmentalize in the manner of Schizochytrium ( Saprolegniales; Thraustochytriaceae) with numerous well-developed rhizoids and may produce biflagellate heterokont planonts. Small motile and larger nonmotile plasmodia are also formed. A weakly parasitic relationship to the host is indicated. Taxonomically, the new species is near Labyrinthuloides saliens (Quick, 197 4) n. comb., here removed from the genus Labyrinthula.
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- Quick, J.
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- Oyster Pathogen, Phycomycetous Fungi, Phylogenetic, Plants, Seagrass