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The morphology and ultrastructure of aJaponochytrium sp. has been studied by light, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The wall has been shown to be multilamellate and persistent. Stages in zoospore cleavage are described and sagenogenetosomes reported in mature sporangia.
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Harrison, J.L., Jones, E.B.G. Ultrastructural aspects of the marine fungusJaponochytrium sp.. Arch. Microbiol. 96, 305–317 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00590186
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