On the role of phycomycetes in the food web of different mangrove swamps with brackish waters and waters of high salinity

Mangrove swamps of Brazil, Florida, Mexico, Bermuda, Sinai and Papua New Guinea were investigated with respect to phycomycetes that degrade cellulose, chitin and keratin. Strains of Phlyctochytrium mangrovis Ulken, and species of Thraustochytrium, Schizochytrium and Ulkenia were isolated and kept in pure culture. Phycomycetes as nutrient for protozoans and invertebrates were observed

Zoosporic marine fungi from the Pacific Northwest (U.S.A.)

An investigation of the zoosporic fungi in the vicinity of the Friday Harbor Laboratory, San Juan Is., Washington, revealed the presence of great numbers of fungi. With one exception ( Olpidium sp. ) these were all biflagellate organisms. Predominating were species (11) of Thraustochytriaceae which abounded in water, in association with seaweeds, intertidal sands, and particularly on the surface of bottom samples down to depths of 298 m. A twelfth species of this group has several peculiarities and needs further investigation. Of the algal parasites, one on Polysiphonia and Pterosiphonia is considered new and termed Eurychasma joycei n. sp.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/46146/1/203_2004_Article_BF00410220.pd