Chytridiomycetes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Chytridiomycota |
| Class: | Chytridiomycetes Caval.-Sm (1998)[1] |
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Chytridiomycetes (taxa Neocallimastigomycota and Monoblepharidomycetes, which are now a phylum and a sister-class respectively.[4]
Chytridiomycetes is the major class of the phylum
Chytridiomycota,[5] which contains a number of parasitic species. At least two species in this class are known to infect a number of amphibian species.[6]
Phylogeny
Based on the work of "The Mycota: A Comprehensive Treatise on Fungi as Experimental Systems for Basic and Applied Research",[7] Powell and Letcher 2015[8] and Karpov et al. 2014.[9]
References
- S2CID 6557779.
- ^ OED; Howjsay
- JSTOR 2445050.
- PMID 17572334.
- ISBN 978-1-84265-277-0.
- ^ Berger L, Speare R, Hyatt A (1999). "Chytrid Fungi and Amphibian Declines: Overview, Implications and Future Directions" (PDF). In Campbell A (ed.). Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs. Environment Australia. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-11.
- ISBN 978-3-642-55317-2.
- S2CID 24144836. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
- PMID 25264386.
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