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Zygomycota
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Zygomycota /Zy·go·my·co·ta/ (zi″go-mi-ko´tah) a division of the soil fungi consisting of soil saprobes and invertebrate parasites. Organisms may cause human or animal infection in debilitated or highly stressed individuals. In some systems of classification, the Zygomycota are treated as a subdivision, Zygomycotina, which is classified under the division Eumycota.
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In 2000, Kontoyiannis et al suggested that a respiratory culture positive for a zygomycete was typically associated with a steady decline to rapid death.
An atypical case of fatal zygomycosis: simultaneous cutaneous and ... by Johnson, Kristine E.; Leahy, Kevin; Owens, Christopher; Blankson, Joel N.; Merz, William G.; Goldste / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Due to zygomycetes' lack of susceptibility to most of the antifungal agents, identification of a zygomycete as the etiologic agent of an infection is essential for rapid and accurate management of the disease.
Saksenaea vasiformis infection, French Guiana by Blanchet, Denis; Dannaoui, Eric; Fior, Angela; Huber, Florence; Couppie, Pierre; Salhab, Nour; Hoina / Emerging Infectious Diseases
This study was undertaken to develop a technique that could provide sphaeroplasts from sporangiospores of the zygomycete, Pilobolus.
Use of chitinase and chitosanase to form sphaeroplasts from Pilobolus ... by Ruch, Donald G. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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