Neocallimastix | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Neocallimastigomycota |
Class: | Neocallimastigomycetes |
Order: | Neocallimastigales |
Family: | Neocallimastigaceae |
Genus: | Neocallimastix Vavra & Joyon ex I.B.Heath (1983)[1] |
Type species | |
Neocallimastix frontalis (R.A.Braune) Vavra & Joyon ex I.B.Heath (1983)
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Species[2][3] | |
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Neocallimastix is a genus of obligately anaerobic rumen fungi in the family Neocallimastigaceae.[4] A specialised group of chytrids grow in the rumen of herbivorous animals, where they degrade cellulose and thus play a primary role in the complex microbial ecology of the rumen.
Heath 1983
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Carlile 1994
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).