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Manish Kumar Dubey1,2 and Ram Sanmukh Upadhyay1
1Laboratory of Mycopathology and Microbial Technology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
2Department of Biotechnology, University Centre for Research and Development (UCRD), Chandigarh University, Punjab, India.
Article Number: 8973 | © The Author(s). 2025
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2025;19(3):2061-2068. https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.19.3.31
Received: 06 September 2023 | Accepted: 28 October 2024 | Published online: 30 August 2025
Issue online: September 2025
Abstract

In the present study, three polycentric chytrid species of the genus Cladochytrium, specifically Cladochytrium replicatum, Cladochytrium tenue and Cladochytrium setigerum are described briefly herein and accompanied by photographs illustrating their morpho-taxonomical characteristics. All the recorded species serve as the first record for the North Indian mycobiota. Further detailed information regarding the occurrence and geographical distribution of these Cladochytrium species are presented herein.

Keywords

Chytridiomycota, Freshwater, Morpho-taxonomical Characteristics, Polycentric, Systematics, Zoosporic-true Fungi

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