Chytridium isthmiophilum Canter
(a chytrid)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chytridium isthmiophilum (a chytrid)
Genus	Chytridium (a genus of chytridiomycete fungi)
Family	CHYTRIDIACEAE (a family of chytrids)
Order	CHYTRIDIALES (chytrids)
Class	CHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Phylum	CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Chytridium isthmiophilum is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Chytridiomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Canter, H.M.	1960	Fungal parasites of the Phytoplankton V. Chytridium isthmiophilum sp. nov.	TBMS Vol 43 (4): 660-664.

Chytridium isthmiophilum (a chytrid) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Chytridium
(a genus of chytridiomycete fungi)

CHYTRIDIALES
(chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chytridium isthmiophilum (a chytrid)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chytridium isthmiophilum (a chytrid)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Chytridium isthmiophilum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)