Gigasporaceae
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The Gigasporaceae are a family of fungi in the order Diversisporales. Species in this family are widespread in distribution, and form arbuscular mycorrhiza in roots.[3]
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Gigasporaceae | |
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Gigaspora margarita | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Glomeromycota |
Class: | Glomeromycetes |
Order: | Diversisporales |
Family: | Gigasporaceae J.B. Morton & Benny |
Type genus | |
Gigaspora Gerd. & Trappe | |
Genera[1] | |
Cetraspora
Dentiscutata
Quatunica
Scutellospora[2]
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A species under Gigasporaceae is Gigaspora gigantea. The spores of G. gigantea, found in specific sand dunes, commence in a healthy state of newly formed spores to dead and blackened in seven months through four identifiable steps: they begin as healthy greenish-yellow spores, turn into yellow with brown spots, then reddish-orange-brown, and ultimately dead. A cause of the symptoms of death in spores are soil organisms such as bacteria, protists, and microfauna.[4]