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    Mucor is a microbial genus of approximately 40 species of molds in the family Mucoraceae. Species are commonly found in soil, digestive systems, plant...
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    Mucor mucedo, commonly known as the common pinmould, is a fungal plant pathogen and member of the phylum Mucoromycota and the genus Mucor. Commonly found...
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    Mucor racemosus is a rapidly growing, weedy mould belonging to the division Mucoromycota. It is one of the earliest fungi to be grown in pure culture...
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    Rhizopus nigricans Ehrenberg (1820) Mucor stolonifer Ehrenberg (1818) Rhizopus artocarpi var. luxurians Schroet (1886) Mucor niger Geodoelst (1902) Rhizopus...
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    Mucor circinelloides is a dimorphic fungus belonging to the Order Mucorales (Phylum Mucoromycota). It has a worldwide distribution, found mostly in soil...
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  • Mucor indicus is among the most important members of zygomycetes fungi. This dimorphic fungus is capable of production of several valuable products. Some...
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  • Rhizomucor miehei (also: Mucor miehei ) is a species of fungus. It is commercially used to produce enzymes which can be used to produce a microbial rennet...
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  • Mucor fragilis is an endophytic fungus that causes the mold that can be found on grapes, pole beans, loquat, and on the roots of medicinal plants like...
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    Mucor plumbeus is a fungus in the family Mucoraceae (subphylum Mucoromycotina) that is very common, abundant and distributed worldwide. Mucor plumbeus...
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    inoculated with the fungal spores of Actinomucor elegans, Mucor sufu, Mucor rouxanus, Mucor wutuongkiao, Mucor racemosus, or Rhizopus spp.. This freshly fermented...
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  • Mucor ellipsoideus is a fungus first isolated from human clinical specimens in the US. M. ellipsoideus is able to grow and sporulate at 37 °C like closely...
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  • Mucor piriformis is a plant pathogen that causes a soft rot of several fruits known as Mucor rot. Infection of its host fruits, such as apples and pears...
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    Cunninghamella mandshurica Saito & H. Nagan., (1915) Mucor cucurbitarum Berk. & Ravenel, (1875) Mucor curtus Berk. & M.A. Curtis, (1875) Rhopalomyces cucurbitarum...
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    Penicillium digitatum (/ˌpɛnɪˈsɪliəm ˌdɪdʒɪˈteɪtəm/) is a mesophilic fungus found in the soil of citrus-producing areas. It is a major source of post-harvest...
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    Species: R. microsporus Binomial name Rhizopus microsporus Tiegh. (1875) Synonyms Mucor microsporus (Tiegh.) Mig. (1910) Rhizopus microsporus Tiegh. (1875)...
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  • Mucor amphibiorum is a fungus found in Australia that causes infections in amphibians and platypuses. Because M. amphibiorum belongs to the genus Mucor...
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    classified it as "des éponges" (one of the sponges). Carl Linnaeus called it Mucor septicus in his 1763 Species Plantarum. The species was transferred to the...
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  • Mucor velutinosus is a fungus first isolated from human clinical specimens in the US. It is closely related to Mucor ramosissimus, but differs in its ability...
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  • Mucorpepsin (redirect from Mucor rennin)
    (EC 3.4.23.23, Mucor rennin, Mucor aspartic proteinase, Mucor acid proteinase, Mucor acid protease, Mucor miehei aspartic proteinase, Mucor miehei aspartic...
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  • Mucor hiemalis is among the zygosporic fungi found in unspoiled foods. It has different industrial importance as biotransforming agents of pharmacological...
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    rennet are available; most are produced through fermentation by the fungus Mucor miehei, but others have been extracted from Cynara thistles. For a few cheeses...
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  • Mucor paronychius is a fungal plant pathogen. Index Fungorum USDA ARS Fungal Database v t e v t e...
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    Ehrenberg in 1818 as Mucor rhombosporus, but he later conceded to making a mistake in examining the spores. Link later suggested the name Mucor fusiger for the...
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  • Choanephora infundibulifera is a species of fungus in the family Choanephoraceae. It is a plant pathogen. List of soybean diseases "Choanephora infundibulifera...
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    occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi (for example Mucor) and with soil bacteria. Saprotrophic microscopic fungi are sometimes called...
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    later shown to be the hormone that brought about zygophore production in Mucor mucedo. The American mycologist and geneticist Albert Francis Blakeslee...
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    segmented or ramified. Pathogenic genera include Absidia, Apophysomyces, Mucor, Rhizomucor, and Rhizopus. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains...
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    filamentous nature of this group of fungi. The fungus was later described as Mucor glaucus in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus before being moved to the genus Aspergillus...
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  • Mucor hiemalis f. silvaticus is a fungal plant pathogen. Index Fungorum USDA ARS Fungal Database v t e v t e...
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    host. The Actinomucor genus has many shared similarities with the genus Mucor. The specific differences lie in the branched hyphae of Actinomucor that...
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