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Eukaryota > Fungi > Ascomycota > Scopulariopsis
Eukaryota > Fungi > Mitosporic Fungi > Scopulariopsis

Preferred term

Scopulariopsis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A mitosporic fungal genus commonly found in soil. It includes both saprophytes and animal pathogens. Scopulariopsis brevicaulis and related species may convert ARSENIC to volatile and toxic arsine. ONYCHOMYCOSIS; and rarely BRAIN ABSCESS; MYCETOMA and disseminated infections, mainly in the IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOSTS, are associated with Scopulariopsis.

Entry terms

  • txid40374
  • txid561152

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-FR2TV0J2-3

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