Sporothrix

Sporothrix /Spo·ro·thrix/ (-thriks) a genus of fungi, including S. schen´ckii (see sporotrichosis ) and S. car´nis, which causes formation of white mold on meat in cold storage.

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Spo·ro·thrix (spôr-thrks)

n.

A genus of dimorphic imperfect fungi, including the species S. schenckii, the causative agent of sporotrichosis.

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Sporothrix

a genus of fungi.

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Sporothrix carnis

causes white mold on meat in storage.

Sporothrix schenckii (syn. Sporotrichum schenckii, Sporothrix beurmonsis, Sporothrix beurmanii, Sporothrix equi, Ceratocystis stenoceras)

causes sporotrichosis.