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Cunninghamella
Sign in to saveCunninghamella is a genus of fungi in the order Mucorales, and the family Cunninghamellaceae. The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Alphonse Louis Paul Matruchot in Ann. Mycol. Vol.1 on page 47 in 1903.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumMucoromycota
- ClassMucoromycetes
- OrderMucorales
- FamilyCunninghamellaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Cunninghamellaceae
- Collections
- UFPE, ILLS, CUP, BPI, BPBM
- Recorded in
- Brasil, United States, Papua New Guinea
Research
914 papers- Recent Advances in Biotransformation by Cunninghamella Species.Current drug metabolism · 2021
- Disseminated Cunninghamella elegans Infection Diagnosed by mNGS During Induction Therapy in a Child With Intermediate-risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Case Report and Review of Literature.Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology · 2023
- Cunninghamella Biotransformation--Similarities to Human Drug Metabolism and Its Relevance for the Drug Discovery Process.Current drug metabolism · 2016
- Disseminated Cunninghamella Bertholletiae Infection.The American journal of the medical sciences · 2020
- Rediscovering the chemistry of the Cunninghamella species: potential fungi for metabolites and enzymes of biological, industrial, and environmental values.RSC advances · 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cunninghamellaceae
- Image
- Cunninghamella echinulata01.jpg
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Cunninghamella is a genus of fungi in the order Mucorales, and the family Cunninghamellaceae. The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Alphonse Louis Paul Matruchot in Ann. Mycol. Vol.1 on page 47 in 1903.
The genus name of Cunninghamella is in honour of David Douglas Cunningham (1843–1914), who was a Scottish doctor and researcher who worked extensively in India on various aspects of public health and medicine.
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