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Aplanochytrium kerguelensis gen. nov. spec. nov., a new phycomycete from subantarctic marine waters

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A new monocentric marine fungus,Aplanochytrium kerguelensis gen. nov. spec. nov., was recovered from water samples taken in the vicinity of the Kerguelen Islands in the South Indian Ocean during a cruise of the research vessel USNS “Eltanin”.Aplanochytrium is very similar toThraustochytrium Sparrow (1936) in having a chytrid-like thallus and in being able to utilize pine pollen as a substrate to which it establishes contact by well-developed rhizoids. At maturity, however, only aplanospores are formed, as inDermocystidium sensu Goldstein and Moriber (1966).

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  • Goldstein, S., Moriber, L.: Biology of a problematic marine fungus,Dermocystidium spec. I. Development and cytology. Arch. Mikrobiol.53, 1–11 (1966).

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Günther Bahnweg & Frederick K. Sparrow Jr.

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  1. Günther Bahnweg
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Bahnweg, G., Sparrow, F.K. Aplanochytrium kerguelensis gen. nov. spec. nov., a new phycomycete from subantarctic marine waters. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 81, 45–49 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00715023

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