Karyotypic analysis of Polymyxa betae (Plasmodiophoromycetes) based on serial thin sections of pachytene nuclei

Three pachytene nuclei of Polymyxa betae Keskin were reconstructed from serial thin sections. Thirty synaptonemal complexes (SCs) were counted, indicating a haploid chromosome number of 30. SCs of Polymyxa were similar to those of Sorosphaera veronicae Schroeter and Membranosorus heterantherae Ostenfeld and Peterson but differed from SCs of Plasmodiophora brassicae Woron. and Woronina pythii Goldie-Smith.