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Zygomycota

Medical Definition: A phylum of fungi, formerly included in the Phycomycetes, usually saprophytic or parasitic, especially for insects.
Previously Indexed: Fungi (1966-1974)
Zygomycota Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Entomophthorales - An order of fungi comprising mostly insect pathogens, though some infect mammals including humans. Strict host specificity make these fungi a focus of many biological control studies.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Mucorales - An order of zygomycetous fungi, usually saprophytic, causing damage to food in storage, but which may cause respiratory infection or MUCORMYCOSIS in persons suffering from other debilitating diseases.

Zygomycota Medical Definitions and Terms

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