| Sordaria macrospora | |
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| Sordaria macrospora asci, optic microscopy under water ×100 | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Sordariales |
| Family: | Sordariaceae |
| Genus: | Sordaria |
| Species: | S. macrospora
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| Binomial name | |
| Sordaria macrospora Auersw.
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Sordaria macrospora is a species of coprophilous ( dung-colonizing) fungus. [1] It is one of several fungal model organisms in biology, e.g. the model of fruiting body development in Ascomycetes. It is a homothallic, self-fertile organism. [2]
References
- ^ Bills GF, Gloer JB, An Z (October 2013). "Coprophilous fungi: antibiotic discovery and functions in an underexplored arena of microbial defensive mutualism". Current Opinion in Microbiology. 16 (5): 549–565. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2013.08.001. PMID 23978412.
- ^ Elliott, Charles G. (1994). Reproduction in Fungi: Genetical and Physiological Aspects. Chapman & Hall.
| Sordaria macrospora | |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Sordaria macrospora asci, optic microscopy under water ×100 | |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Sordariales |
| Family: | Sordariaceae |
| Genus: | Sordaria |
| Species: | S. macrospora
|
| Binomial name | |
| Sordaria macrospora Auersw.
| |
Sordaria macrospora is a species of coprophilous ( dung-colonizing) fungus. [1] It is one of several fungal model organisms in biology, e.g. the model of fruiting body development in Ascomycetes. It is a homothallic, self-fertile organism. [2]
References
- ^ Bills GF, Gloer JB, An Z (October 2013). "Coprophilous fungi: antibiotic discovery and functions in an underexplored arena of microbial defensive mutualism". Current Opinion in Microbiology. 16 (5): 549–565. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2013.08.001. PMID 23978412.
- ^ Elliott, Charles G. (1994). Reproduction in Fungi: Genetical and Physiological Aspects. Chapman & Hall.