Rozellomyceta

E737424

Rozellomyceta is a group of early-diverging, often parasitic fungi-like microorganisms within the Opisthokonta that are important for understanding the evolution of fungi and related lineages.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rozellomycota 2
Rozellomyceta canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clade ⓘ
early-diverging fungal lineage ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rozellida sensu lato in some classifications ⓘ
cellType unicellular eukaryotes ⓘ
discoveredBy environmental DNA surveys ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Chytridiomycota ⓘ
Dikarya ⓘ
Zoopagomycota ⓘ
domain Eukaryota ⓘ
linked to: Eukarya
ecologicalRole parasites of other eukaryotes ⓘ
genomicFeature loss or reduction of typical fungal metabolic pathways in some lineages ⓘ
reduced genomes in many parasitic members ⓘ
habitat aquatic environments ⓘ
host-associated microhabitats ⓘ
soil ⓘ
hasMember intracellular parasites ⓘ
obligate parasites ⓘ
hostRange animals ⓘ
fungi ⓘ
oomycetes ⓘ
protists ⓘ
importance important for reconstructing opisthokont evolution ⓘ
key for understanding early evolution of fungi ⓘ
includes Cryptomycota sensu lato ⓘ
linked to: Cryptomycota

Microsporidia ⓘ
Rozella ⓘ
Rozellomycota ⓘ
linked to: Rozellomyceta

paramicrosporidian lineages ⓘ
isPartOf Holomycota ⓘ
isRelatedTo Fungi ⓘ
Nucleariida ⓘ
kingdom Opisthokonta ⓘ
lifestyle fungi-like ⓘ
often parasitic ⓘ
morphology often lack classical chitinous cell walls in some life stages ⓘ
possess flagellated stages in some taxa ⓘ
phylogeneticPosition early-diverging within Holomycota ⓘ
sister to true fungi in some analyses ⓘ
reproduction spore-forming ⓘ
researchStatus poorly known diversity ⓘ
subject of active phylogenomic research ⓘ
supergroup Opisthokonta ⓘ
taxonomicRank subkingdom-level clade ⓘ
taxonomicUncertainty circumscription and internal relationships remain debated ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Opisthokonta → includes → Rozellomyceta ⓘ
Holomycota → includesTaxon → Rozellomycota ⓘ
linked to: Rozellomyceta
Rozellomyceta → includes → Rozellomycota ⓘ
linked to: Rozellomyceta