4 NEW SMITTIUM SPECIES INHABITING THE HINDGUT OF CHIRONOMIDAE LARVAE

Authors
LICHTWARDT RW GRIGG RD
Citation
Rw. Lichtwardt et Rd. Grigg, 4 NEW SMITTIUM SPECIES INHABITING THE HINDGUT OF CHIRONOMIDAE LARVAE, Mycologia, 90(3), 1998, pp. 427-433
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology
Journal title
Mycologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00275514
Volume
90
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
427 - 433
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-5514(1998)90:3<427:4NSSIT>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Four new species of Smittium (Zygompcota, Trichomycetes, Harpellales), S. caudatum, S. commune, S. acutum, and S. kansense, that live in the hindguts of stream Chironomidae (midge) larvae collected in Kansas an d Oklahoma are described. One or more axenic cultures were obtained fr om all species but S. kansense. Each of the cultured species has disti nctive isozyme patterns, though 12 isolates of S. commune were split i nto two isozyme groups. Problems in identification of Smittium spp. ba sed solely on axenic cultures of the fungus are discussed.