A New Marine Labyrinthula with Unusual Locomotion
Quick JA. 1974. A New Marine Labyrinthula with Unusual Locomotion. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 93(1):52-61
A new marine labyrinthula was isolated from the seagrass Halophila englemannii using serum-agar culture techniques. This phycomycete fungus, Labyrinthula saliens n. sp., is characterized by: (1) a distinctive, teardrop-shaped spindle cell having a morphologically differentiated anterior; (2) a peculiar spindle-cell locomotion consisting of intermittent rapid but short advances; and (3) a recurrent chytroid epiendobiotic sporangial stage.
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- Journal Article
- Authors
- Quick, J.
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- SFCN
- Keywords
- Halophila englemannii, Morphology, Seagrass, Serum-agar, spindle cell