Neocallimastix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Neocallimastigomycota
Class: Neocallimastigomycetes
Order: Neocallimastigales
Family: Neocallimastigaceae
Genus: Neocallimastix
Vavra & Joyon ex I.B.Heath (1983)[1]
Type species
Neocallimastix frontalis
(R.A.Braune) Vavra & Joyon ex I.B.Heath (1983)
Species[2][3]
  • N. californiae O'Malley, Theodorou & Solomon 2016
  • N. cameroonii Griffith, Dollhofer & Callaghan 2015
  • N. frontalis (Braune 1913) Vávra & Joyon 1966 ex Heath 1983
  • N. hurleyensis Theodorou & Webb 1991
  • N. joyoni Breton et al. 1988
  • N. lanati Wilken et al. 2021
  • N. patriciarum Orpin & Munn 1986
  • N. variabilis Ho & Barr 1993

Neocallimastix is a genus of obligately anaerobic rumen fungi in the family Neocallimastigaceae.[4] A specialised group of chytrids grow in the rumen of herbivorous animals, where they degrade cellulose and thus play a primary role in the complex microbial ecology of the rumen.

References

  1. ↑ Heath IB, Bauchop T, Skipp RA (1983). "Assignment of the rumen anaerobe Neocallimastix frontalis to the Spizellomycetales (Chytridiomycetes) on the basis of its polyflagellate zoospore ultrastructure". Canadian Journal of Botany. 61 (1): 295–307. doi:10.1139/b83-033.
  2. ↑ "Neocallimastix". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  3. ↑ "Neocallimastix". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  4. ↑ Carlile MJ, Watkinson SC (1994). The Fungi. Academic Press. pp. 33–34. ISBN 0-12-159960-4.


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