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== Background ==

* Genus of large aseptate dematiaceous within the order [[Mucorales]]

=== Microbiology ===

*Macroscopic:
**Very rapid growth
**Texture deeply cottony
**Colour white becoming grey brown on the surface, reverse pale
*Microscopic:
**Broad hyphae, scarcely septate
**Brown sporangiophores which may be simple, branched.
**They can arise singly or in a group/cluster on the stolons called rhizoids,
**Round sporangia
*Temperature:
**Usually grows at 37ºC
**DOES NOT grow at 54ºC

== Clinical Manifestations ==

* Most common agent of [[mucormycosis]], characterized by a rapidly-progressing, necrotizing infection that can infect the face, brain, lungs, and intestines, most commonly in patients with [[DKA]], [[malnutrition]], [[Burns|severe burns]], or immunocompromising conditions

[[Category:Mucorales]]
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