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Product Format
frozen
Type Strain
yes
Preceptrol®
no
Comments
clinical isolate
grows at 37C
Mucor sp. 2 sensu Alvarez et al.
Morphology
On potato dextrose medium after 3 days at 25C, colonies white, cottony, produces white yeast-like colonies that eventually become covered by mycelium, aerial mycelium filling petri dish within 7-10 days. Sporangiophores with sympodial branching pattern, 140μm long by 3.75μm wide. Sporagnia globose, 13.5-16.5μm X 12-16.5μm. Sporangiospores ellipsoidal to ovoid, 6-10.5μm X 3-5μm, thick walled. Chlamydospores single or in chains, subglobose, 13.5-21μm X 19-12μm. Columellae globose, 22.5μm X17.5μm.
Medium
ATCC® Medium 324: Malt extract agar
ATCC® Medium 336: Potato dextrose agar (PDA)
peritoneal dialysis fluid of human patient, Florida, USA
Cross References
Nucleotide (GenBank) :
JN874487
D1/D2 region of 28S rRNA gene
Nucleotide (GenBank) :
JN882308
ITS including 5.8S rRNA gene
References
Alvarez E, et al. Two new species of Mucor from clinical samples. Med. Mycol. 49: 62-72, 2011.
Alvarez E, et al. Spectrum of zygomycete species identified in clinically significant specimens in the United States. J. Clin. Microbiol. 47: 1650-1656, 2009.
