Neocallimastix

Neocallimastix is a genus of obligately anaerobic rumen fungi in the family Neocallimastigaceae.^[4] A specialised group of chytrids grow in the rumen of herbivorous animals, where they degrade cellulose and thus play a primary role in the complex microbial ecology of the rumen.

Neocallimastix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Neocallimastigomycota
Class:	Neocallimastigomycetes
Order:	Neocallimastigales
Family:	Neocallimastigaceae
Genus:	Neocallimastix Vavra & Joyon ex I.B.Heath (1983)[1]
Type species
Neocallimastix frontalis (R.A.Braune) Vavra & Joyon ex I.B.Heath (1983)
Species[2][3]
N. californiae O'Malley, Theodorou & Solomon 2016 N. cameroonii Griffith, Dollhofer & Callaghan 2015 N. frontalis (Braune 1913) Vávra & Joyon 1966 ex Heath 1983 N. hurleyensis Theodorou & Webb 1991 N. joyoni Breton et al. 1988 N. lanati Wilken et al. 2021 N. patriciarum Orpin & Munn 1986 N. variabilis Ho & Barr 1993