"Mucor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of zygomycetous fungi of the family Mucoraceae, order Mucorales. It is primarily saprophytic, but may cause MUCORMYCOSIS in man from spores germinating in the lungs.
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D009089
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300.300.500.500
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mucor" by people in Profiles.
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Implementation of a Pan-Genomic Approach to Investigate Holobiont-Infecting Microbe Interaction: A Case Report of a Leukemic Patient with Invasive Mucormycosis. PLoS One. 2015; 10(11):e0139851.
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Increased virulence of Cunninghamella bertholletiae in experimental pulmonary mucormycosis: correlation with circulating molecular biomarkers, sporangiospore germination and hyphal metabolism. Med Mycol. 2013 Jan; 51(1):72-82.
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Risk factors for mortality in patients with mucormycosis. Med Mycol. 2012 Aug; 50(6):611-8.
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Pulmonary mucormycosis. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Dec; 32(6):693-702.
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Increased virulence of Zygomycetes organisms following exposure to voriconazole: a study involving fly and murine models of zygomycosis. J Infect Dis. 2009 May 01; 199(9):1399-406.
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Bacterial endosymbiosis is widely present among zygomycetes but does not contribute to the pathogenesis of mucormycosis. J Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 01; 198(7):1083-90.
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Predictors of pulmonary zygomycosis versus invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with cancer. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Jul 01; 41(1):60-6.
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Stimulation of hyphal growth in anaerobic cultures of Mucor rouxii by extracellular trehalose. Relevance of cell wall-bound activity of acid trehalase for trehalose utilization. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2000 Jan 01; 182(1):9-13.
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Function and regulation of the acid and neutral trehalases of Mucor rouxii. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1997 Oct 01; 155(1):73-7.