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Paracoccidioides
Genus of fungi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paracoccidioides is a genus of fungi in the order Onygenales.[1] Species are known human pathogens producing yeast-like states under pathogenic conditions. They include the causative agents of paracoccidioidomycosis and lobomycosis.[2]
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Paracoccidioides | |
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Budding cells of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Onygenales |
Family: | Ajellomycetaceae |
Genus: | Paracoccidioides F.P. Almeida (1930) |
Type species | |
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (Splend.) F.P. Almeida (1930) | |
Species | |
Paracoccidioides americana |
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