| Blastocladiomycota | |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Blastocladiomycota T.Y. James 2007[1] |
| Class: | Blastocladiomycetes T.Y. James 2007[1] |
| Order: | Blastocladiales H.E. Petersen 1910[2] |
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Allomyces E.J. Butler 1911 |
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Blastocladiomycota is one of eight currently recognized phyla within the kingdom Fungi.[3] These zoosporic fungi are found in soil and fresh water habitats and are mostly detritivores, subsisting on decaying organic matter.[4]
Three of the five families within Blastocladiomycota exclusively contain pathogens. These infect species such as water bears, the plankton Daphnia, nematodes, various aquatic and semi-aquatic plants, and mosquito larvae.[4]
Blastoclades were originally included in the phylum Chytridiomycota until DNA sequencing in 2006 elevated it and its "sister phylum" Neocallimastigomycota.[1]
References
- ^ a b c James, T.Y., et al. (2006). "A molecular phylogeny of the flagellated fungi (Chytridiomycota) and description of a new phylum (Blastocladiomycota)". Mycologia 98 (6): 860–871. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.860. PMID 17486963.
- ^ Petersen, H.E. (1909). Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 357. (as "Blasocladiineae")
- ^ Hibbett, D.S., et al. (March 2007). "A higher level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi". Mycol. Res. 111 (5): 509–547. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.004. PMID 17572334.
- ^ a b Lynn Margulis, Karlene V. Schwartz (1998), Five kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth, Elsevier, pp. 216–217, ISBN 0-7167-3027-8
External links
- Blastocladiomycota at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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