Medical term:
Mucorales
Mucorales
an order of perfect fungi of the class Zygomycetes, made up of bread molds and related fungi; genera Absidia, Mucor, and Rhizopus can cause opportunistic mucormycosis in humans.
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Mu·cor·al·es
(moū'kōr-al'ez),An order of the fungal class Zygomycetes that contains all the species causing mucormycosis in humans. The genera include Cunninghamella, Rhizopus, Absidia, Rhizomucor, Mucor, Apophysomyces, Saksenaea, Syncepthalastrum, and Cokeromyces. Mortierella species are included but are of doubtful pathogenicity for humans.
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Mu·cor·al·es
(myū'kō-rā'lēz)An order of the fungal class Zygomycetes that contains all the species causing mucormycosis in humans. The genera include Cunninghamella, Rhizopus, Absidia, Rhizomucor, Mucor, Apophysomyces, Saksenaea, Syncephalastrum, and Cokeromyces. Although Mortierella species are included in the class, they are of doubtful pathogenicity in humans.
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