Mucor ellipsoideus is a fungus first isolated from human clinical specimens in the US. M. ellipsoideus is able to grow and sporulate at 37 °C like closely related M. indicus, but the former has narrow ellipsoidal sporangiospores, as compared to the subglobose to ellipsoidal sporangiospores of the latter.[1]

Mucor ellipsoideus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Mucoromycota
Class: Mucoromycetes
Order: Mucorales
Family: Mucoraceae
Genus: Mucor
Species:
M. ellipsoideus
Binomial name
Mucor ellipsoideus
Álvarez et al., 2010

References

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  1. ^ 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

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  • Calvano, Tatjana P., et al. "Pythium aphanidermatum infection following combat trauma." Journal of Clinical Microbiology 49.10 (2011): 3710–3713.
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