Neocallimastix

Neocallimastix
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Neocallimastigomycota
Class:	Neocallimastigomycetes
Order:	Neocallimastigales
Family:	Neocallimastigaceae
Genus:	Neocallimastix; Vavra & Joyon ex I.B.Heath (1983)
Type species
	Neocallimastix frontalis ; (R.A.Braune) Vavra & Joyon ex I.B.Heath (1983)
Species
	N. californiae O'Malley, Theodorou & Solomon 2016; N. cameroonii Griffith, Dollhofer & Callaghan 2015; N. frontalis (Braune 1913) Vávra & Joyon 1966 ex Heath 1983; N. hurleyensis Theodorou & Webb 1991; N. joyoni Breton et al. 1988; N. lanati Wilken et al. 2021; N. patriciarum Orpin & Munn 1986; N. variabilis Ho & Barr 1993;

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.

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