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Saksenaea

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Saksenaea /Sak·se·naea/ (sak″sĕ-ne´ah) a genus of fungi of the order Mucorales, characterized by flask-shaped sporangia; S. vasifor´mis can cause severe opportunistic mucormycosis in debilitated or immunocompromised patients.


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Saksenaea vasiformis, isolated from soil in India and described by Saksena in 1953, was reported to cause human infection for the first time by Ajello et al.
1) The zygomycetes include Rhizopus, Absidia, Cunninghamella, Rhizomucor, Synchephalastrum, Saksenaea, Apophysomyces, and Mucor.
 
 
 
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