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Eukaryota > Fungi > Ascomycota > Pneumocystis > Pneumocystis carinii

Preferred term

Pneumocystis carinii  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The prototype species of PNEUMOCYSTIS infecting the laboratory rat. It was formerly called Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii. Strains that infect humans and cause PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA were originally classified as Pneumocystis jirovecii or Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis.

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Entry terms

  • Pneumocystis carini
  • Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii
  • Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. ratti
  • txid42068
  • txid4754

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-TB2XWB1K-P

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