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]
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| Genus: | Ichthyochytrium Plehn (1920)
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| Ichthyochytrium vulgare Plehn (1920)
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References
edit- ^ 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 (1965). The Principal Diseases of Lower Vertebrates. Elsevier. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-4832-6376-2.
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