• Source: Backusella

Backusella is the sole genus of zygote fungi in the family Backusellaceae, which is classified in the order Mucorales. Members of this genus have been often isolated from plant litter, from locations around the world.




Taxonomy


C. W. Hesseltine and J. J. Ellis recognised the uniqueness of a new species, B. circina, warranted its classification in a new genus; in 1969 they established Backusella, named in honour of Professor M. P. Backus. Since then, several species previously placed in the archetypal mucoralean genus Mucor were reassessed, found to be close relatives of B. circina, and combined into Backusella as additional Backusella species, while other species were discovered and classified outright as Backusella. K. Voigt & P.M. Kirk established the family Backusellaceae to include Backusella in 2012, as they likewise recognised the uniqueness of the genus and the need to classify it within a distinct family.




= Accepted species

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The genus consists of the following 27 accepted species:




= Former species

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The following species was at one point considered by some authorities to be in the genus Backusella, although this is no longer so:

Mucor ctenidius (Durrell & M. Fleming) Pidopl. & Milko ex Benny & R.K. Benj.
Basionym: Thamnidium ctenidium Durrell & M. Fleming
Synonym: B. ctenidia (Durrell & M. Fleming) Pidopl. & Milko ex Benny & R.K. Benj.




See also


Fungi portal




References






Further reading



Alves, Ana Lúcia Sabino de Melo; Freitas, Leslie Warren Silva de; Gurgel, Luciana Melo Sartori; Leitão, Joana D’Arc Alves; Cordeiro, Thalline Rafhaella Leite; Santiago, André Luiz Cabral Monteiro de Azevedo; Alves, Ana Lúcia Sabino de Melo; Freitas, Leslie Warren Silva de; Gurgel, Luciana Melo Sartori; Leitão, Joana D’Arc Alves; Cordeiro, Thalline Rafhaella Leite (2021). "First occurrence of Backusella gigacellularis (Mucorales, Mucoromycota) in a fragment of an Upland Forest within the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil". Rodriguésia. 72. doi:10.1590/2175-7860202172005. ISSN 2175-7860.
G. Walther; J. Powłowska; A. Alastruey-Izquierdo; M. Wrzosek (2013). "DNA barcoding in Mucorales: an inventory of biodiversity". Persoonia. 30: 11–47. doi:10.3767/003158513X665070. PMC 3734965. PMID 24027345.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Backusella
• Backusella luteola
• Backusella australiensis
• Backusella mclennaniae
• Backusella tarrabulga
• Backusella psychrophila
• Backusella dispersa
• Backusella macrospora
• Backusella liffmaniae
• Backusella parvicylindrica