Schizochytrium limacinum

Schizochytrium limacinum
Scientific classification
(unranked): SAR
Superphylum: Heterokonta
Class: Labyrinthulomycetes
Order: Labyrinthulales
Family: Thraustochytriaceae
Genus: Schizochytrium
Species: Schizochytrium limacinum
Honda et al. 1998

Schizochytrium limacinum is a thraustochytrid first isolated from a mangrove area in the western Pacific Ocean. It differs from other Schizochytrium species in its limaciform amoeboid cells, the size of its zoospores, and its assimilation profile of carbon sources.[1]

References

  1. Honda, Daiske; Yokochi, Toshihiro; Nakahara, Toro; Erata, Mayumi; Higashihara, Takanori (1998). "Schizochytrium limacinum sp. nov., a new thraustochytrid from a mangrove area in the west Pacific Ocean". Mycological Research. 102 (4): 439–448. doi:10.1017/S0953756297005170. ISSN 0953-7562.

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