F0007 - Phylum Zygomycota and the new classification - Univap

Ordem Entomophthorales• Six families recognized based on:– Nuclear characters (size and number)– Mode of formation of resting spores• Representatives of 4 families– Entomophthoraceae– Basidiobolaceae Saprotrophs in soil or colonizers in guts ofamphibians and reptiles, facultative pathogen of vertebrates– Neozygitaceae Obligate pathogens of insects, especially Homoptera, and mites– Ancylistaceae Saprotrophs in soil, pathogens of insects and otherinvertebratesZygomycota DENR 79Ordem Entomophthorales• Principais gêneros da famíliaEntomophthoraceae– Entomophtora – patógeno de insetos– Massospora – patógeno de insetos– Basidiobolus haptosporus – patógenohumano - Subcutaneous Zygomicose– Entomophtora coronata – patógeno humanoe de insetosZygomycota DENR 80Ordem EntomophthoralesOrdem Entomophthorales• Includes insect, miteand spider pathogensand saprotrophicspecies; one genus isparasitic on algae,another on ferngametophyteshttp://users.telenet.be/roeland.libeer1/ongewZygomycota DENRervelden%20rest/vlieg%20met%20schimmel81%201.jpgZygomycota DENR 82Order EntomophthoralesZygomycota DENR 83Ordem Entomophthorales• Obligate pathogens ofarthropods• Entomophthora (‘insectdestroyer’)– Primary conidiadischarged in a cannonlikemanner whenconidiophore ruptures– E. muscae, often foundinfecting dead fliesclinging to windowsEntomophthora muscae from TomZygomycota DENR 84Volk’s website14