Mucor
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Mucor , also called head mold , is a genus of mold with around 40 species that feed on dead organic material.
Occurrence
Mucor species occur everywhere in the environment, predominantly on plant-based organic material such as moist bread , fruit or vegetables and stable manure . These are less common in animals and humans.
Pathogenicity
Mucor species are the cause of mucormycoses . When inhaled, this mold gets into the lungs , from where it gets to other organs via the blood . It can later spread to the central nervous system . Pseudo thromboses are very rare. This happens when the fungus grows into the vessel walls. As a rule, infection only occurs in severely weakened immune systems (including those caused by AIDS , chemotherapy or bone marrow transplantation ), but there it progresses rapidly and is often fatal.
breed
It can be grown on Kimmig agar . The growth on the agar plate shows up after a few days in long-fiber, coarse-wooly hyphae braids . The mycelium is first white, later gray with numerous black dots, the sporangia .
Types (selection)
- M. amphibiorum
- M. circinelloides
- M. hiemalis
- M. indicus
- M. mucedo
- M. paronychius
- M. piriformis
- Grape head mold ( Mucor racemosus )
literature
- Hans Rieth: Mycological Diagnostics. Merck, Darmstadt 1986, ISBN 978-3-928865-14-2