Ichthyochytrium
| Ichthyochytrium | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Chytridiomycota |
| Class: | Chytridiomycetes |
| Order: | Chytridiales |
| Family: | Incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Ichthyochytrium Plehn (1920) |
| Type species | |
| Ichthyochytrium vulgare Plehn (1920) | |
Ichthyochytrium is a fungal genus in the Chytridiales of uncertain familial placement. A monotypic genus,[1] it contains the single rare species Ichthyochytrium vulgare, described from Germany by Marianne Plehn in 1920.[2] A parasite of freshwater fishes, it forms spherical bodies measuring 5–20 µm that have refractive granules. It typically attacks the lung and gills.[3]
References
- ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 337. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ↑ Plehn M. (1920). "Neue Parasiten in Haut and Kiemen von Fischen. Ichthyochytrium und Mucophilus". Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie und Parasitenkunde Abteilung 1 (in German) 85: 275–81.
- ↑ Reichenbach-Klinke H, Elkan E. (2013). The Principal Diseases of Lower Vertebrates. Elsevier. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-4832-6376-2.