Entophlyctis confervae-glomeratae (Chytridiales): physiology

Two isolates of Entophlyctis confervae-glomeratae (Cienkowski) Sparrow grew at 10–25C and in the range pH 6–9. Both isolates used ammonium, nitrate, and nitrite nitrogen. They used glucose, fructose, trehalose, glycerol, sucrose, cellobiose, maltose, and starch but not lactose, xylose, ribose, sorbitol, raffinose, rhamnose, melibiose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, or cellulose.