Chytridiomycota

Chytridiomycota
Differential interference contrast image of a spizellomycete chytrid thallus consisting of a large sphere filled with amorphous, bubbly cytoplasm and a much smaller, empty sphere to the left of the large sphere.
Sporangium of a spizellomycete
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Chytridiomycota
Hibbett et al. (2007)
Classes/orders

Chytridiomycota are a division of zoosporic organisms in the kingdom Fungi, informally known as chytrids. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek χυτρίδιον (khutrídion), meaning "little pot", describing the structure containing unreleased zoospores. Chytrids are one of the earliest diverging fungal lineages, and their membership in kingdom Fungi is demonstrated with chitin cell walls, a posterior whiplash flagellum, absorptive nutrition, use of glycogen as an energy storage compound, and synthesis of lysine by the α-amino adipic acid (AAA) pathway.[2][3]

Chytrids are saprobic, degrading refractory materials such as chitin and keratin, and sometimes act as parasites.[4] There has been a significant increase in the research of chytrids since the discovery of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the causal agent of chytridiomycosis.[5][6]

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  5. ^ Blackwell, M. (2011). "The Fungi: 1,2,3 … million species?". American Journal of Botany. 98 (3): 426–438. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000298. PMID 21613136.
  6. ^ Longcore, J.E.; Pessier, A.P.; Nichols, D.K. (1999). "Batrachochytirum dendrobatidis gen. et sp. nov., a chytrid pathogenic to amphibians". Mycologia. 91 (2): 219–227. doi:10.1080/00275514.1999.12061011.

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