Sl. Glockling, 2 NEW SPECIES OF ROTIFER-ATTACKING FUNGI, ROTIFEROPHTHORA, FROM JAPANAND RECORDS OF VERTICILLIUM-BACTROSPORUM IN ROTIFER HOSTS, Mycological research, 102, 1998, pp. 145-150
Rotiferophthora ellipsospora and R. japonica spp, nov., are described
as endoparasites of bdelloid rotifers, forming large dictyochlamydospo
res and small infection conidia. Verticillium bactrosporum was found i
n association with a new host species of bdelloid rotifer and was cult
ured for the first time: resting spores were formed in culture.