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Mucor is a microbial genus of approximately 40 species of molds in the family Mucoraceae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Species are commonly found in soil , digestive systems , plant surfaces, some cheeses like Tomme de Savoie , rotten vegetable matter and iron oxide residue in the biosorption process.
The sporangiospores are asexual mitospores (formed via mitosis), produced inside sporangia (thousands of spores) or sporangioles (single or few spores).They are released when mature by the disintegration of the sporangium wall, or as a whole sporangiole that separates from the sporangiophore.
Sporangia are multispored, spherical, initially white to yellow, pale brown to dark brown at maturity and measure 40-160 μm. Sporangiospores from sporangia are ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid, brown to dark brown, indistinctly striate with fine hyaline polar appendages, and measure 16-20 μm x 8-12 μm (Saroj et al. 2012).
Sporangia form a halo around a central, round vesicle at the apex of a sporangiophore. [2] Spores are round to oval in shape and rough, with small spines or wart-like bumps. [4] The hyphae of C. bertholletiae may or may not produce rhizoids at the base of the sporangiophores. [2]
A sporangium (from Late Latin, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá) 'seed' and ἀγγεῖον (angeîon) 'vessel'); pl.: sporangia) [1] is an enclosure in which spores are formed. [2] It can be composed of a single cell or can be multicellular .
Sporangiophores are mostly sympodially branched [5] with small sporangia (25 μm); [6] branches are and sometimes circinate. [7] The diameter of the sporangia range from 20 to 80 μm. [7] Sporangia have slightly encrusted walls. [5] In larger sporangia, the membranes are deliquescent, whereas they are persistent in the smaller ones and rupture ...
Mucor mucedo, commonly known as the common pinmould, [1] is a fungal plant pathogen and member of the phylum Mucoromycota and the genus Mucor. [2] Commonly found on soil, dung, water, plants and moist foods, Mucor mucedo is a saprotrophic fungus found world-wide with 85 known strains.
Lichtheimia corymbifera accounts for approximately 5% of mucormycoses today, [4] but true prevalence is unclear because the disease is not generally reportable and the diagnosis of mucormycosis is often empirical or based on the recovery of any zygomycetous fungus. [6]