Saksenaea
| Saksenaea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Mucoromycota |
| Class: | Mucoromycetes |
| Order: | Mucorales |
| Family: | Saksenaeaceae |
| Genus: | Saksenaea S.B.Saksena (1953) |
| Type species | |
| Saksenaea vasiformis S.B.Saksena (1953)
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| Species | |
Saksenaea is a genus of fungi in the Saksenaeaceae family. First described in 1953,[1] the genus contains two pathogenic species capable of causing severe human infections.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Saksena SB. (1953). "A new genus of the Mucorales". Mycologia. 45 (3): 426–36. JSTOR 4547711.
- ^ Alvarez E; Garcia-Hermoso D; Sutton DA; Cano JF; Stchigel AM; Hoinard D; Fothergill AW; Rinaldi MG; Dromer F; Guarro J. (2010). "Molecular phylogeny and proposal of two new species of the emerging pathogenic fungus Saksenaea". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 48 (12): 4410–16. doi:10.1128/JCM.01646-10. PMC 3008438. PMID 20926710.
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