Ancylistaceae

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Ancylistaceae
"Conidiobolus firmipilleus" on surface of agar petri dish
Conidiobolus firmipilleus on surface of agar petri dish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Entomophthoromycota
Class:
Entomophthoromycetes
Order: Entomophthorales
Family: Ancylistaceae
Pfitzer 1872 [as 'Ancylisteae'][1]
Genera

The Ancylistaceae are a family of fungi in the order Entomophthorales.[2] The family currently contains 3 genera: Ancylistes, Macrobiotophthora, Conidiobolus.[3] Capillidium was added in 2020,[4] it was once thought to be a sub-genus of Conidiobolus.[5] Microconidiobolus and Neoconidiobolus were also added in 2020.[6]

Brief taxonomic history

This family was originally an order thought to be included with the aquatic

zygomycete genera.[3]

Morphology

The

Conidia are produced singly on unbranched sporophores.[3] Like other members of Entomophthorales, conidia are forcibly discharged, which occurs through papillar eversion.[9] Zygospores are formed along the axis of conjugation[9] and can be angular in shape.[3]

Sexual Reproduction

gametangial cells or the scalariform fusion of hyphae.[3] Little is known about the zygospores.[9][3]

Ecology

The genus Ancylistes are parasites of desmids, a group of

saprobes and occasional parasites of vertebrates or insects.[9][3]
Capillidium are also parasites of vertebrates or insects.

The most well known member is Conidiobolus coronatus, which is typically found in soils and parasitizing termites and aphids but has been known to infect mammals.[9]

References

  1. ^ Ernst Hugo Heinrich Pfitzer in Engler & Prantl, Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 396 (1872)
  2. ^ "Ancylistaceae". Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ancylistaceae". Retrieved 2014-01-10.
  4. PMID 32273794
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  5. ^ "Ancylistaceae | Zygomycetes". zygomycetes.org. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  6. PMID 36012777
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  7. ^ Helen Berdan Mycologia, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Jul. - Aug., 1938), pp. 396-415
  8. ^ a b c Sparrow, FK. 1960. Aquatic Phycomycetes. 2nd edition. The University of Michigan Press. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Alexopoulos C.J, Mims C.W, Blackwell M. 1996. Introductory Mycology. 4th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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