Fungi Associated with Arthropods
Citation
Lichtwardt, R. (. (2024). Fungi Associated with Arthropods (version Oct 2017). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life (Version 2024-12-19). Catalogue of Life, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dfrdl-38nDescription
The trichomycetes (Fungi, class Trichomycetes plus ecologically related protozoans) are a cosmopolitan group of organisms that grow obligately in the guts of insects, crustaceans and millipedes that live in freshwater, marine or terrestrial habitats. Many trichomycetes appear to be commensalistic, but under particular circumstances they may provide their hosts with some essential organic nutrients. Some are known to produce cysts in the ovaries of adult females hosts which, in addition to sterilizing the host, serve as a mechanism of dispersal.
Taxonomic Coverages
Fungi associated with Arthropods
Geographic Coverages
Global
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Robert (†) Lichtwardtoriginator
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