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Descriptor English: Rhizopus
Descriptor Spanish: Rhizopus
Descriptor Rhizopus
Scope note: Género de hongos zigomicetos de la familia Mucoraceae, orden MUCORALES, saprofito común y parásito facultativo de frutas maduras y verduras. Puede causar micosis cerebral en diabéticos e infecciones cutáneas en pacientes con quemaduras graves.
Descriptor Portuguese: Rhizopus
Descriptor French: Rhizopus
Tree number(s): B01.300.300.500.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012233
Scope note: A genus of zygomycetous fungi of the family Mucoraceae, order MUCORALES, a common saprophyte and facultative parasite of mature fruits and vegetables. It may cause cerebral mycoses in diabetes and cutaneous infection in severely burned patients.
Annotation: infection: coord IM with MUCORMYCOSIS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 12644
Unique ID: D012233
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Rhizopus - Preferred
Concept UI M0019035
Scope note A genus of zygomycetous fungi of the family Mucoraceae, order MUCORALES, a common saprophyte and facultative parasite of mature fruits and vegetables. It may cause cerebral mycoses in diabetes and cutaneous infection in severely burned patients.
Preferred term Rhizopus



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