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Rhizopus stolonifer is commonly known as black bread mold. [1] It is a member of Zygomycota and considered the most important species in the genus Rhizopus. [2] It is one of the most common fungi in the world and has a global distribution although it is most commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions. [3]
Rhizopus oryzae is used in the production of alcoholic beverages in parts of Asia and Africa. Rhizopus stolonifer (black bread mold) causes fruit rot on strawberry, tomato, and Sweet potato and is used in commercial production of fumaric acid and cortisone. Various species, including R. stolonifer, may cause soft rot in sweet potatoes and ...
A common example of a zygomycete is black bread mold (Rhizopus stolonifer), a member of the Mucorales. It spreads over the surface of bread and other food sources, sending hyphae inward to absorb nutrients. In its asexual phase it develops bulbous black sporangia at the tips of upright hyphae, each containing hundreds of haploid spores.
Rhizopus oryzae was discovered by Frits Went and Hendrik Coenraad Prinsen Geerligs in 1895. [1] The genus Rhizopus (family Mucoraceae) was erected in 1821 by the German mycologist, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg [2] to accommodate Mucor stolonifer and Rhizopus nigricans as distinct from the genus Mucor. [3]
Pathogenic genera include Absidia, Apophysomyces, Mucor, Rhizomucor, and Rhizopus. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 25 genera and 129 species. [ 2 ]
Aspergillus niger, the most common species of the genus Aspergillus Black Mold (film) , a 2023 American psychological horror thriller film Black bread mold ( Rhizopus stolonifer ), a widely distributed thread-like mucoralean mold commonly found on bread surfaces
R. stolonifer is a problematic pathogen as it infects fresh wounds occurring during packing and shipping. There is limited data on the exact losses attributed to Rhizopus soft rot. A study conducted in the New York City retail market found that the majority of culls due to disease were caused by Rhizopus soft rot (approximately 2% decay in ...
Rhizopus fruit rot Rhizopus arrhizus Rhizopus circinans Rhizopus stolonifer. Ripe fruit rot Aspergillus niger. ... genus Nepovirus, ...