Corallochytrium

Corallochytrium
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Opisthokonta
Class: Corallochytrea
Cavalier-Smith 1995
Order: Corallochytrida
Cavalier-Smith 1995
Family: Corallochytridae
Genus: Corallochytrium
Species

Corallochytrium confervae
Corallochytrium limacisporum

Corallochytrium is a single-celled eukaryote which was found in coral reef lagoons of the Lakshadweep islands of the Arabian sea.[1] Although it is an opisthokont, its closest relatives in that group are not clear; at its discovery it was not known whether it was more closely related to animals or fungi.[2] Newer research indicates it is part of Holozoa.[3]

Description

This organism produces rough, pink, raised colonies on BK medium. The vegetative cells are unicellular. Reproduction is by binary divisions The amoeboid spores are limax shaped.

Taxonomy

This organism appears to be related to Syssomonas multiformis.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Raghu-Kumar, S (1987), "Occurrence of the thraustochytrid, Corallochytrium limacisporum gen. et sp. nov. in the coral reef lagoons of the Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian Sea", Botanica Marina [BOT. MAR.], 30 (1): 83–89
  2. ↑ Sumathi, Jc; Raghukumar, S; Kasbekar, Dp; Raghukumar, C (Oct 2006), "Molecular evidence of fungal signatures in the marine protist Corallochytrium limacisporum and its implications in the evolution of animals and fungi.", Protist, 157 (4): 363–76, doi:10.1016/j.protis.2006.05.003, PMID 16899404
  3. ↑ Parfrey, Laura Wegener; Lahr, Daniel J. G.; Knoll, Andrew H.; Katz, Laura A. (2011-08-16). "Estimating the timing of early eukaryotic diversification with multigene molecular clocks". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (33): 13624–13629. doi:10.1073/pnas.1110633108. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3158185. PMID 21810989.
  4. ↑ Hehenberger E, Tikhonenkov DV, Kolisko M, Del Campo J, Esaulov AS, Mylnikov AP, Keeling PJ (2017) Novel predators reshape Holozoan phylogeny and reveal the presence of a two-component signaling system in the ancestor of Animals. Curr Biol 27(13):2043-2050
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