- Cokeromyces recurvatus
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Cokeromyces recurvatus Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Order: Mucorales Family: Thamnidiaceae[1] Genus: Cokeromyces Species: C. recurvatus Binomial name Cokeromyces recurvatus
Poitras (1950)[2]Cokeromyces recurvatus is a pathogenic fungus.[3][4] Described as a new species in 1950, it was isolated from rabbit dung collected in Illinois.[2]
It appears similar to Coccidioides immitis.[5]
References
- ^ Thieken A, Winkelmann G. (1992). "Rhizoferrin: a complexone type siderophore of the Mucorales and entomophthorales (Zygomycetes)". FEMS Microbiology Letters 73 (1–2): 37–41. doi:10.1016/0378-1097(92)90579-D. PMID 1387861.
- ^ a b Shanor L, Poitras AW, Benjamin RK. (1950). "A new genus of the Choanephoraceae". Mycologia 42 (2): 271–8. JSTOR 3755440. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0042/002/0271.htm.
- ^ Tsai TW, Hammond LA, Rinaldi M, et al. (1997). "Cokeromyces recurvatus infection in a bone marrow transplant recipient". Bone Marrow Transplantion 19 (3): 301–2. doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1700647. PMID 9028564.
- ^ Alvarez OA, Maples JA, Tio FO, Lee M. (1995). "Severe diarrhea due to Cokeromyces recurvatus in a bone marrow transplant recipient". American Journal of Gastroenterology 90 (8): 1350–1. PMID 7639250. http://home.mdconsult.com/start_session?bp=pubmed&loginpage=ft_onewindow&targeturl=/public/journal/view%3Fjtc=03HE%26vol=90%26iss=8%26page=1350%26auth=Alvarez%2BOA%26title=Severe%2Bdiarrhea%2Bdue%2Bto%2BCokeromyces%2Brecurvatus%2Bin%2Ba%2Bbone%2Bmarrow%2Btransplant%2Brecipient.%26pubmedid=7639250.
- ^ Ryan LJ, Ferrieri P, Powell R, Zeki S, Pambuccian S. (2009). "Fatal Cokeromyces recurvatus pneumonia: report of a case highlighting the potential for histopathologic misdiagnosis as coccidoides". International Journal of Surgical Pathology 19 (3): 373–6. doi:10.1177/1066896908330483. PMID 19147507.
External links
Categories:- Zygomycota
- Fungi described in 1950
- Fungi of North America
- Fungus stubs
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