Oontomyces is a genus of anaerobic fungi isolated from the digestive tract of Indian camel.[1]

Oontomyces
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Neocallimastigomycota
Class: Neocallimastigomycetes
Order: Neocallimastigales
Family: Neocallimastigaceae
Genus: Oontomyces
Dagar, Puniya & Griffith 2015
Type species
Oontomyces anksri
Dagar, Puniya & Griffith 2015
Species
  • O. anksri Dagar, Puniya & Griffith 2015

References edit

  1. ^ Dagar, Sumit S.; Kumar, Sanjay; Griffith, Gareth W.; Edwards, Joan E.; Callaghan, Tony M.; Singh, Rameshwar; Nagpal, Ashok K.; Puniya, Anil K. (2015). "A new anaerobic fungus (Oontomyces anksri gen. nov., sp. nov.) from the digestive tract of the Indian camel (Camelus dromedarius)" (PDF). Fungal Biology. 119 (8): 731–7. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2015.04.005. PMID 26228561.