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Sordaria macrospora

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Species of fungus

Sordaria macrospora
Sordaria macrospora asci, optic microscopy under water ×100
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Sordariales
Family: Sordariaceae
Genus: Sordaria
Species: S. macrospora
Binomial name
Sordaria macrospora
Auersw.

Sordaria macrospora is a species of coprophilous (dung-colonizing) fungus. It is one of several fungal model organisms in biology, e.g. the model of fruiting body development in Ascomycetes. It is a homothallic, self-fertile organism.

Ascospores issued from a diploid heterozygous at the spore-color locus, segregate as yellow and black. Different colors patterns reflect DNA recombination events during meiotic prophase. Lighter colors are due to incomplete maturation.

References

  1. Bills GF, Gloer JB, An Z (October 2013). "Coprophilous fungi: antibiotic discovery and functions in an underexplored arena of microbial defensive mutualism". Current Opinion in Microbiology. 16 (5): 549–565. doi:10.1016/j.mib.2013.08.001. PMID 23978412.
  2. Elliott, Charles G. (1994). Reproduction in Fungi: Genetical and Physiological Aspects. Chapman & Hall.
Taxon identifiers
Sordaria macrospora


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