Neocallimastigales

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Neocallimastigales is a chytrid order in the Fungi, found within the stomach of ruminants, Neocallimastigales is typified by the genus Neocallimastix.

1 Reproduction
2 Metabolism
3 Spelling of name
4 See Also
5 References

[edit] Reproduction

These Fungi reproduce in the stomach of ruminants through the use of zoospores, and have been known to utilize horizontal gene transfer in their development of xylanase (from bacteria) and other glucanases.

[edit] Metabolism

The Neocallimastigales utilize hydrogenosomes to oxidize NADH to NAD+, evolving H2 as a product.

All evidence indicates it as an evolved mitochondrion with mitochondrial DNA.

[edit] Spelling of name

The Greek termination, "-mastix", refering to "whips", i.e. the many flagella on these fungi, is changed to "-mastig-" when combined with additional terminations in Latinized names [1]. The family name Neocallimastigaceae was originally incorrectly published as "Neocallimasticaceae" by the publishing authors which led to the coinage of the misspelled, hence incorrect "Neocallimasticales", an easily forgiven error considering that other "-ix" endings such as Salix goes to Salicaceae. Correction of these names is mandated by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Art. 60. The corrected spelling is used by Index Fungorum [2]. Both spellings occur in the literature and on the WWW as a result of the spelling in the original publication.