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Genus of fungi

Saksenaea
Scientific classification Edit this 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)
Species

S. erythrospora
S. vasiformis

Saksenaea is a genus of fungi in the Saksenaeaceae family. First described in 1953, the genus contains two pathogenic species capable of causing severe human infections.

References

  1. Saksena SB. (1953). "A new genus of the Mucorales". Mycologia. 45 (3): 426–36. JSTOR 4547711.
  2. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Saksenaea


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