David Porter

TL;DR: It is indicated that there may have been at least four independent losses of the flagellum in the kingdom Fungi, and the enigmatic microsporidia seem to be derived from an endoparasitic chytrid ancestor similar to Rozella allomycis, on the earliest diverging branch of the fungal phylogenetic tree.

TL;DR: It is predicted that many species remain to be discovered in aquatic habitats given the few taxonomic specialists studying these fungi, the few substrate types studied intensively, and the vast geographical area not yet sampled.

TL;DR: The phylogeny suggests that Chytridiomycota is not monophyletic and there are four major lineages of chytrids: Rozella spp.

TL;DR: A pathogenic species of marine slime mold, Labyrinthula, has been identified as the etiological agent of the present recurrence of wasting disease of eelgrass, Zostera marina, and proposed for this pathogen based on its host specificity, cytology, characteristic growth patterns in culture, cell size, color in mass, and aggregation structures.

TL;DR: It is proven that the causal organism of the present epidemic is a pathogenic strain of Labyrinthula, which was suspected, but never conclusively shown to cause the 1930s wasting disease.