Fungus
rhizopus
Subclass of:
Mucorales
Definitions related to rhizopus:
  • A genus of filamentous fungi in the phylum Zygomycota.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A genus of zygomycetous fungi of the family Mucoraceae, order MUCORALES, a common saprophyte and facultative parasite of mature fruits and vegetables. It may cause cerebral mycoses in diabetes and cutaneous infection in severely burned patients.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any fungal organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Rhizopus genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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