Peridinium infested by chytrid fungi
Description:
This cell of Peridinium gatunense is infected by several individuals of Phlyctochytrium sp, a chytrid fungus. Note that the Peridinium protoplasm is separated from the thecae and condensed, an indication that the cell is dead or dying. The fungal sporangia are at a developed stage with zoospores about to emerge out of in order to infect new Peridinium cells.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Dinophyceae
- Peridiniales
- Peridiniaceae
- Peridinium
- Peridinium gatunense
- Dinoflagellata (dinoflagellates)
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