Zy·go·my·ce·tes (z  g -m-s  tz)n. A subclass of fungi characterized by sexual reproduction resulting in the formation of a large multinucleate spore formed by union of similar gametes. |
Zygomycetes
[zi′go-mi-se′tēz]
a class of saprobic and parasitic fungi of the phylum Zygomycota; important pathogenic organisms are in the orders Entomophthorales and Mucorales.
Zygomycetes
see phycomycetes.
zygomycetes
members of the taxonomic class of fungi which includes two orders, Mucorales and Entomophthorales.
zygomycetes
Fungi–eg, Absidia, Cunninghamella, Mortierella, Mucor, Rhizopus, that are pathogenic to immunocompromised hosts; other fungi–eg, Basiobolus, Conidiobolus, and Rhizomucor, proliferate but are not
usually pathogenic. See Fungi.
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