Mucor velutinosus
Appearance
Mucor velutinosus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Mucoromycota |
Class: | Mucoromycetes |
Order: | Mucorales |
Family: | Mucoraceae |
Genus: | Mucor |
Species: | M. velutinosus
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Binomial name | |
Mucor velutinosus Álvarez et al., 2010
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Mucor velutinosus is a fungus first isolated from human clinical specimens in the US. It is closely related to Mucor ramosissimus, but differs in its ability to grow at 37 °C and produce verrucose sporangiospores.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Álvarez, Eduardo; Cano, Josep; Stchigel, Alberto M.; Sutton, Deanna A.; Fothergill, Annette W.; Salas, Valentina; Rinaldi, Michael G.; Guarro, Josep (2011). "Two new species of Mucor from clinical samples". Medical Mycology. 49 (1): 62–72. doi:10.3109/13693786.2010.499521. ISSN 1369-3786. PMID 20662633.
Further reading
[edit]- Sugui, Janyce A., et al. "Hematogenously disseminated skin disease caused by Mucor velutinosus in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia."Journal of Clinical Microbiology 49.7 (2011): 2728-2732.
- Joichi, Yumiko, et al. "Detection of Mucor velutinosus in a blood culture after autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation: a pediatric case report." Medical mycology journal 55.2 (2014): E43-E48.
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