Alpha 2.0
Login Register
» Articles » PMID: 16347677

Chemotaxis in the Marine Fungus Rhizophydium Littoreum

Overview
Journal Appl Environ Microbiol
Specialties Environmental Health
Microbiology
Date 1988 Jul 1
PMID 16347677
Citations 15
Authors
L K Muehlstein
J P Amon
D L Leffler
Affiliations
Soon will be listed here.
Abstract

Zoospores of the marine chytrid Rhizophydium littoreum are attracted to a variety of substances common to their environment. In general, carbohydrates and polysaccharides elicited strong concentration-dependent positive responses. There was no direct correlation between all substances used as foods and those stimulating positive responses. The chemotactic activities of this organism should, however, tend to bring it toward concentrated food sources.

Citing Articles

Harnessing Fungi Signaling in Living Composites.

Schyck S, Marchese P, Amani M, Ablonczy M, Spoelstra L, Jones M Glob Chall. 2024; 8(8):2400104.

PMID: 39469481 PMC: 11514302. DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202400104.

Complex effects of chytrid parasites on the growth of the cyanobacterium Planktothrix rubescens across interacting temperature and light gradients.

Wierenga J, Thomas M, Ranjan R, Ibelings B ISME Commun. 2023; 2(1):93.

PMID: 37938757 PMC: 9723700. DOI: 10.1038/s43705-022-00178-5.

A Call for a Better Understanding of Aquatic Chytrid Biology.

Laundon D, Cunliffe M Front Fungal Biol. 2023; 2:708813.

PMID: 37744140 PMC: 10512372. DOI: 10.3389/ffunb.2021.708813.

Interactions between chytrids cause variable infection strategies on harmful algal bloom forming species.

McKindles K, McKay R, Bullerjahn G, Frenken T Harmful Algae. 2023; 122:102381.

PMID: 36754455 PMC: 11603126. DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2023.102381.

A roadmap to understanding diversity and function of coral reef-associated fungi.

Roik A, Reverter M, Pogoreutz C FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2022; 46(6).

PMID: 35746877 PMC: 9629503. DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuac028.

References
1.
Halsall D . Zoospore chemotaxis in Australian isolates of Phytophthora species. Can J Microbiol. 1976; 22(3):409-22. DOI: 10.1139/m76-062. View
2.
Chet I, Mitchell R . Ecological aspects of microbial chemotactic behavior. Annu Rev Microbiol. 1976; 30:221-39. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.mi.30.100176.001253. View
3.
Muehlstein L, Amon J, Leffler D . Phototaxis in the Marine Fungus Rhizophydium littoreum. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1987; 53(8):1819-21. PMC: 204006. DOI: 10.1128/aem.53.8.1819-1821.1987. View
4.
Dill B, Fuller M . Amino acid immobilization of fungal motile cells. Arch Mikrobiol. 1971; 78(1):92-8. DOI: 10.1007/BF00409091. View
5.
Pommerville J . Analysis of gamete and zygote motility in Allomyces. Exp Cell Res. 1978; 113(1):161-72. DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(78)90096-4. View