Ecotypic responses of chytrid and chytridiaceous species to various salinity and temperature combinations

Abstract

Temperature and salinity responses of 57 isolates of various taxa of the Chytridiales and Blastocladiales were determined after maintenance of isolates under controlled conditions for a minimum period of 6 months. Differences and similarities among isolates generally seem constant in time and over several isolates of the same species from the same collection. Since these differences and similarities within a species tend to correlate with habitat types, they possibly represent ecotypes.