Life history of Coelomomyces psorophorae. | Zendy

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Life history of Coelomomyces psorophorae.

Author(s) -

Howard C. Whisler,

Stephan L. Zebold,

J. A. Shemanchuk

Publication year - 1975

Publication title -

proceedings of the national academy of sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011

H-Index - 771

eISSN - 1091-6490

pISSN - 0027-8424

DOI - 10.1073/pnas.72.2.693

Subject(s) - biology , sporangium , zoospore , copepod , heterothallic , zygote , zoology , spore , botany , crustacean , genetics , embryo , mating type , gene , embryogenesis

The mosquito parasite, Coelomomyces psorophorae (Blastocladiales, Chytridiomycetes) alternates obligately between the larvae of Culiseta inornata and the copepod Cyclops vernalis. Isogametes, derived from heterothallic, wall-less gametangia which develop in the copepod, fuse to produce a diploid zygote that subsequently infects the mosquito host. Zoospores from the resistant sporangia which are produced in the haemocoel of the mosquito infect the copepod. A tentative life-history is proposed and implications of these discoveries for the biology, taxonomy, and possible role of Coelomomyces in biological control are discussed.

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