Anaeromyces mucronatus nov. gen., nov. sp. A new strictly anaerobic rumen fungus with polycentric thallus.
A new species of strictly anaerobic fungus was isolated from the cow rumen. It is characterized by a polycentric thallus, a polynuclear rhizomycelium, mucronate zoosporangia and uniflagellated zoospores. It is also singular in that the sporocysts do not react to the specific lectins of L-fucose, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine and diacetyl chitobiose. These characteristics justify the creation of a new genus.
Breton
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A
Groupe de Microbiologie, Université Blaise-Pascal, Aubière, France.
Bernalier
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A
Dusser
M
M
Fonty
G
G
Gaillard-Martinie
B
B
Guillot
J
J
D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004463:Ecology; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009626:Terminology as Topic