Saksenaea is a genus of fungi in the Saksenaeaceae family. First described in 1953,[1] the genus contains two pathogenic species capable of causing severe human infections.[2]
Saksenaea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Mucoromycota |
Class: | Mucoromycetes |
Order: | Mucorales |
Family: | Saksenaeaceae |
Genus: | Saksenaea S.B.Saksena (1953) |
Type species | |
Saksenaea vasiformis S.B.Saksena (1953)
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Species | |
References
edit- ^ Saksena SB. (1953). "A new genus of the Mucorales". Mycologia. 45 (3): 426–36. JSTOR 4547711.
- ^ Alvarez E; Garcia-Hermoso D; Sutton DA; Cano JF; Stchigel AM; Hoinard D; Fothergill AW; Rinaldi MG; Dromer F; Guarro J. (2010). "Molecular phylogeny and proposal of two new species of the emerging pathogenic fungus Saksenaea". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 48 (12): 4410–16. doi:10.1128/JCM.01646-10. PMC 3008438. PMID 20926710.