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.
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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