Description of Gopheromyces tardescens, gen. nov., sp.nov., Gigasporangiomyces pilosus, gen. nov., sp.nov., Kelyphomyces adhaerens, gen. nov., sp. nov., proposal of Testudinimycetales ord. nov. and Testudinimycetaceae fam. nov., and emended description of the order Neocallimastigales.
Alexandria Morris, Taylor Mills, Samuel I. Miller, Carrie J. Pratt, Yan Wang, Mostafa S. Elshahed, Noha H. Youssef, Julia Vinzelj
The paper describes three new tortoise-affiliated anaerobic gut fungi genera and species, proposes new taxonomic classifications, and emends existing ones based on phylogenetic and morphological analyses.
bioRxiv · Nov 20, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology