The Ultrastructure of Mitochondria in Blastocladia Pringsheimii Reinsch

Blastocladia pringsheimii Reinsch is a zoosporic fungus with a strongly fermentative mode of metabolism. Mitochondria were observed by the electron microscope in thin sections of cells grown aerobically on either glycerol or glucose as carbon sources. The ultrastructure of the cristae was similar to that previously observed in Blastocladia ramose Thaxter, which is also strongly fermentative but morphologically different. The possible evolutionary relationship of the genus Blastocladia to other members of the Chytridiomycetes is discussed. This discussion includes both obligately aerobic and obligately anaerobic species. F.H. Gleason et al. (2002). The ultrastructure of mitochondria in Blastocladia pringsheimii Reinsch. Australasian Mycologist 21 (2): 41–44.