NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chytridiomycota are a division of zoosporic organisms in the kingdom Fungi, informally known as chytrids. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek (khutrídion), meaning “little pot", describing the structure containing unreleased zoöspores.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some examples of the Chytridiomycota are Allomyces, a water mold, Synchytrium endobioticum, a pathogen of potato, and Neocallimastix, a chytrid that lives symbiotically in the gut of herbivores, such as cattle.

Detailed explanation-3: -Zoosporic true fungi (often called chytrids) include a very large and diverse group of microorganisms which have been commonly observed growing on many substrates in samples collected from both soil and freshwater habitats (Sparrow, 1960; Powell, 1993; Barr, 2001; Shearer et al., 2007).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Chytrids are the only fungi that have retained flagella. They produce both gametes and diploid zoospores that swim with the help of a single flagellum. An unusual feature of the chytrids is that both male and female gametes are flagellated.