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Basidiobolus

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Basidiobolus /Ba·sid·i·ob·o·lus/ (bah-sid″e-ob´o-lus) a mainly saprobic genus of fungi of the family Basidiobolaceae, including B. rana´rum, which causes entomophthoromycosis.
Basidiobolus
[bəsid′′ē·ob′ələs]
Etymology: Gk., basis, foundation + bolos, a throw
a mainly saprobic genus of fungi of the family Basidiobolaceae. The species B. ranarum causes entomophthoromycosis in humans and horses.

Basidiobolus [bah-sid″e-ob´o-lus]
a genus of perfect fungi of the group Phycomycetes, including B. rana´rum, the cause of entomophthoromycosis basidiobolae.

Basidiobolus
a genus of fungi of the group Phycomycetes.

Basidiobolus haptosporus, Basidiobolus ranarum


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