Rhizopus oryzae

Taxobox
color = lightblue
name = "Rhizopus oryzae"
regnum = Fungi
phylum = Zygomycota
classis = Zygomycetes
subclassis = Incertae sedis
ordo = Mucorales
familia = Mucoraceae
genus = "Rhizopus"
species = "R. oryzae "
binomial = "Rhizopus oryzae"
binomial_authority = Went & Prins. Geerl., (1895)
synonyms = "Mucor arrhizus" (A. Fisch.) Hagem, (1908)
"Mucor cambodja" Chrząszcz, (1901)
"Mucor delemar" Boidin
"Mucor nodosus" (Namysl.) Hagem, (1910)
"Mucor norvegicus" Hagem, (1908)
"Rhizopus acetoinus" Kitahara & Fukui, (1950)
"Rhizopus achlamydosporus" Y. Takeda, (1935)
"Rhizopus albus" M. Yamaz., (1918)
"Rhizopus angulisporus" (Saito) Naumov, (1935)
"Rhizopus arrhizus" A. Fisch., (1892)
"Rhizopus arrhizus var. delemar" (Wehmer & Hanzawa) J.J. Ellis, (1985)
"Rhizopus arrhizus var. delemar" (Wehmer & Hanzawa) J.J. Ellis, (1984)
"Rhizopus bahrnensis" Y. Takeda, (1935)
"Rhizopus batatas" Nakaz., (1909)
"Rhizopus betivorus" Nevod. [as 'betavora'] ,(1928)
"Rhizopus boreas" Yosh. Yamam., (1925)
"Rhizopus cambodja" (Chrząszcz) Vuill., (1902)
"Rhizopus chinensis var. rugulosus" Hanzawa, (1913)
"Rhizopus chiuniang" M. Yamaz., (1919)
"Rhizopus chungkuoensis" M. Yamaz., (1918)
"Rhizopus chungkuoensis var. isofermentans" Y. Takeda, (1906)
"Rhizopus delemar" (Boidin) Wehmer & Hanzawa, (1912)
"Rhizopus delemar var. minimus" Y. Takeda, (1935)
"Rhizopus delemar var. multiplicisporus" Inui, Y. Takeda & Lizuka, (1965)
"Rhizopus formosaensis" Hanzawa, (1913)
"Rhizopus fusiformis" C.O. Dawson & Povah, (1929)
"Rhizopus hangchow" M. Yamaz., (1918)
"Rhizopus humilis" M. Yamaz., (1918)
"Rhizopus japonicus" Vuill., (1902)
"Rhizopus japonicus var. angulisporus" Saito, (1907)
"Rhizopus japonicus var. japonicus" Vuill., (1902)
"Rhizopus javanicus" Y. Takeda, (1935)
"Rhizopus javanicus var. javanicus" Y. Takeda, (1935)
"Rhizopus javanicus var. kawasakiensis" Y. Takeda & Takam.{?}, (1949)
"Rhizopus kasanensis" Hanzawa, (1912)
"Rhizopus konsho" Yosh. Yamam., (1925)
"Rhizopus liquifaciens" M. Yamaz., (1918)
"Rhizopus maydis" Bruderl., (1917)
"Rhizopus microsporus var. pseudochinensis" (M. Yamaz.) R. Prakash & A.K. Sarbhoy, (1993)
"Rhizopus mochi" Yosh. Yamam., (1925)
"Rhizopus nigricans var. verticillatum" Demelius, (1916)
"Rhizopus nodosus" Namysl., (1906)
"Rhizopus norvegicus" Hagem, (1908)
"Rhizopus oryzae var. araneosus" Y. Takeda, (1906)
"Rhizopus oryzae var. oryzae" Went & Prins. Geerl., (1895)
"Rhizopus peka" Y. Takeda, (1924)
"Rhizopus pseudochinensis" M. Yamaz., (1918)
"Rhizopus pseudochinensis var. pseudochinensis" M. Yamaz., (1918)
"Rhizopus salebrosus" M. Yamaz., (1918)
"Rhizopus salebrosus var. instriatis" Y. Takeda, (1928)
"Rhizopus salebrosus var. salebrosus" M. Yamaz., (1918)
"Rhizopus schizans" McAlpine, (1902)
"Rhizopus semarangensis" Y. Takeda, (1935)
"Rhizopus shanghaiensis" M. Yamaz., (1919)
"Rhizopus sontii" Reddi & Subrahm.{?}, (1937)
"Rhizopus suinus" N. Nielsen, (1929)
"Rhizopus suinus f. sterilis" N. Nielsen, (1929)
"Rhizopus suinus f. suinus" N. Nielsen, (1929)
"Rhizopus tanekoji" Hanzawa, (1912)
"Rhizopus thermosus" Yosh. Yamam., (1925)
"Rhizopus tonkinensis" Vuill., (1902)
"Rhizopus trubini" Hanzawa, (1912)
"Rhizopus usamii" Hanzawa, (1912)

Rhizopus oryzae is a fungal human pathogen and the causative agent of zygomycosis (more properly mucormycosis). The genome of the RA 99-880 strain isolated from a fatal infection was sequenced by the Broad Institute in 2004-2005.

External links

* [http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp Index Fungorum]
* [http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases USDA ARS Fungal Database]
* [http://www.broad.mit.edu/annotation/genome/rhizopus_oryzae/Info.html Broad Institute page on Rhizopus oryzae genome]