Mucor hiemalis
Species of fungus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mucor hiemalis is among the zygosporic fungi found in unspoiled foods. It has different industrial importance as biotransforming agents of pharmacological and chemical compounds.
| Mucor hiemalis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Mucoromycota |
| Class: | Mucoromycetes |
| Order: | Mucorales |
| Family: | Mucoraceae |
| Genus: | Mucor |
| Species: | M. hiemalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mucor hiemalis Wehmer, (1903) | |
Mucor hiemalis grows in expanding gray colonies. It grows branched sporangiophores that yielding yellow to dark brown sporangia which can mate to form black-brown, spiny zygospores.
Mucor hiemalis is nitrate positive and requires thiamin to grow.
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