Alogomyces tanneri gen. et sp. nov., a chytrid in Lobulomycetales from horse manure

Abstract

The order Lobulomycetales contains chytrids from soil, freshwater and marine habitats; environmental DNA sampling has indicated that representatives of this order might be found in deep ocean localities. We describe Alogomyces tanneri as the first lobulomycetalean chytrid isolated from horse manure; A. tanneri is also the first species in the order to possess a rumposome in its zoospore. This species widens the range of habitats, ultrastructural variation and thallus morphology for Lobulomycetales.

• Chytridiomycetes
• nucLSU rDNA
• nucSSU rDNA
• zoospore ultrastructure

Acknowledgments

This study was supported by these NSF DEB grants: PEET 9978094, ATOL 0732599, DBI 0500766, PEET 0529694.

We thank E Thomas of the University of Maine Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences for providing horse manure samples. We thank T Passman of the University of Maine Department of Modern Languages and Classics for providing Latin translations of taxonomic descriptions.