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Sordariales
Medical Definition: | An order of fungi in the phylum ASCOMYCOTA that includes many valuable experimental organisms. There are eight families and very few anamorphic forms. |
Chaetomium - A genus of ascomycetous fungi of the family Chaetomiaceae, order SORDIRIALES. Many members are cellulolytic and some mycotoxic. They occur naturally on paper and cotton fabric. | |
Neurospora - A genus of ascomycetous fungi, family Sordariaceae, order SORDARIALES, comprising bread molds. They are capable of converting tryptophan to nicotinic acid and are used extensively in genetic and enzyme research. (Dorland, 27th ed) |
Sordariales Medical Definitions and Terms
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