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- Smittium abstract "Smittium is a genus of fungi in the order Harpellales. It is the largest genus in the order. As of 2013, there were 81 described species. Many of these have been formally described only recently; in 1998 there were just 46. Several have been transferred to Smittium from other genera, such as Orphella, Rubetella, Genistella, and Typhella. In general, the genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, but some species are limited to small regions.Like most other fungi of the Harpellales, these are found in the guts of insect larvae. Smittium are most often resident in the larvae of aquatic flies. The genus was named for Smittia, the midge from which it was first isolated. The fungi can be found in black flies, mosquitoes, solitary midges, and non-biting and biting midges. The relationship between the fungus and the fly is usually commensal. Sometimes it is more mutualistic, such as when the fungus synthesizes vitamins or other nutrients for the host. One species, though, Smittium morbosum, can best be described as parasitic on its mosquito larva host, killing it by preventing it from molting. No other gut fungi are known to be lethal to their hosts in this way.The host larva is infected with Smittium when it ingests the fungal spore. Smittium generally live in the hindgut of the fly larva, attaching to the chitinous gut lining via a hypha. When the fungus produces spores, they are excreted by the host.Sometimes several species can be found in the gut flora of one host. S. brevisporum, S. bulbosporophorus, and S. inexpectans have been noted growing together, for example. Other genera of gut fungi can be present, as well, such as Genistellospora. Some Smittium can be found in a number of hosts, while others are more host-specific. S. heterosporum has been collected from nonbiting midges of the genera Sympotthastia and Potthastia, and from Cricotopus bicinctus. S. culicis has been found in Culex pipiens and the genera Eukiefferiella and Chironomus. S. chinliense was found in a crane fly larva (Antocha sp.). Host-specific Smittium include S. dimorphum, which has only been observed in the midge Boreoheptagyia lurida.Some Smittium are useful in laboratory experiments. They are unusually easy to propagate in pure culture, and some 40% of the many Smittium species have been established as axenic isolates.Perhaps the best known species of the genus has been Smittium culisetae. It is widespread and found in several host species, especially mosquitoes. It has been used often in laboratory research. Recent morphological and molecular studies indicated that it is different from Smittium species in the positioning of its zygospore, the shape of its trichospore (a type of sporangium), the immune responses it induces in hosts, its isozymes, and other molecular characteristics. The fungus was renamed Zancudomyces culisetae and placed in a monotypic genus of its own, Zancudomyces.Species include:".
- Smittium division Kickxellomycotina.
- Smittium division Zygomycota.
- Smittium family Legeriomycetaceae.
- Smittium kingdom Fungus.
- Smittium order Harpellales.
- Smittium wikiPageID "39544707".
- Smittium wikiPageLength "9427".
- Smittium wikiPageOutDegree "140".
- Smittium wikiPageRevisionID "566346074".
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Antocha.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Aquatic_insect.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Aquatic_insects.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Axenic.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Black_fly.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Boreoheptagyia_lurida.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Zygomycota.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Cell_culture.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Ceratopogonidae.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Chironomidae.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Chironomus.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Chitin.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Commensalism.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Cosmopolitan_distribution.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Crane_fly.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Cricotopus_bicinctus.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Culex_pipiens.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Culicidae.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Eukiefferiella.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Fly.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Fungi.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Fungus.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Genistella.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Genistellospora.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Genus.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Harpellales.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Hindgut.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Hypha.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Immune_system.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Insect.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Isozyme.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Kickxellomycotina.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Larva.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Legeriomycetaceae.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Midge.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Monotypic_genus.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Monotypic_taxon.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Morphology_(biology).
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Mosquito.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Moulting.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Mutualism_(biology).
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Order_(biology).
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Orphella.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Parasitism.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Potthastia.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink R.A.Poiss..
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Rubetella.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittia.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_aciculare.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_acutum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_alpinum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_angustum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_annulatum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_arcticum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_arvernense.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_basiramosum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_biforme.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_bisporum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_brasiliense.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_brevisporum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_bulbosporophorum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_bulbosporophorus.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_bullatum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_caribense.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_caudatum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_cellaspora.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_chinliense.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_chironomi.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_coloradense.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_commune.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_compactum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_culicis.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_culicisoides.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_cylindrosporum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_delicatum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_dimorphum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_dipterorum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_ditrichosporum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_elongatum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_esteparum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_fasciculatum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_fastigatum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_fecundum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_fruticosum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_gigasporum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_gracilis.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_gravimetallum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_hecatei.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_heterosporum.
- Smittium wikiPageWikiLink Smittium_imitatum.