Cunninghamella

Cunninghamella
Cun·ning·ha·mel·la (kun″ing-ham-elґə) a genus of fungi of the family Cunninghamellaceae, characterized by a lack of a sporangium and by conidia that arise from a vesicle. C. bertholleґtiae is a species that causes opportunistic mucormycosis of the lung in debilitated or immunocompromised patients, with progressive vascular invasion, thrombosis, and infarction.

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