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Absidia
Sign in to saveAbsidia is a genus of fungi in the family Cunninghamellaceae. Absidia species are ubiquitous in most environments where they are often associated with warm decaying plant matter, such as compost heaps. Some species in the genus can cause phycomycosis.
Species
Genus
- PhylumZygomycota
- ClassMucoromycotina incertae sedis
- OrderMucorales
- FamilyCunninghamellaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 29
- With media
- 32
- Family
- Cunninghamellaceae
- Collections
- FESI-UNAM, BPI, UFPE, NY, MEL, WSP
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Brasil, Australia, Sweden, Bahamas, China, Sri Lanka
Research
621 papers- Biotransformation of (-)-α-Bisabolol by Absidia coerulea.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
- Mucormycosis.Annals of internal medicine · 1980
- Absidia corymbifera fungal infection in burns: a case report and review of the literature.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association · 2008
- Cutaneous Absidia corymbifera in a Lupus Nephritis Patient.Cureus · 2021
- Mucormycoses.Mycoses · 2001
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mucoraceae
- Image
- Mature sporangium of a Mucor sp. fungus.jpg
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- taxon name
- Absidia
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Absidia
- taxon author citation
- Tiegh.
- described at URL
- www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42631242
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Synonyms
- References
- External links
Absidia is a genus of fungi in the family Cunninghamellaceae. Absidia species are ubiquitous in most environments where they are often associated with warm decaying plant matter, such as compost heaps. Some species in the genus can cause phycomycosis.
==Taxonomy== The genus was first described in 1878 by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem.
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