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Eukaryota > Fungi > Mitosporic Fungi > Sporothrix

Preferred term

Sporothrix  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A mitosporic Ophiostomataceae fungal genus, whose species Sporothrix schenckii is a well-known animal pathogen. The conidia of this soil fungus may be inhaled causing a primary lung infection, or may infect independently via skin punctures.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Sporotrichum
  • txid29907

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-D66TMM2N-H

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