Rhizopus

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A fungus that grows on bread and fruit and makes them rot

noun
/ˈraɪzəpəs/

Specialized

: Rhizopus

Rhizopus oryzae accounts for over 90% of mucormycoses.
Rhizopus oryzae

Examples

Mucormycosis, a disease caused by exposure to Rhizopus oryzae, a kind of mold.
In this case report, we describe the successful management of rhinoorbital mucormycosis, a subtype of the rhinocerebral variety, secondary to Rhizopus oryzae that developed in a patient with lymphoma.

Academic text (2004)
According to a report of 38 patients with necrotizing lesions who were hospitalized after the volcano, 8 patients had infections caused by the mucormycete Rhizopus arrhizus (oryzae).

Academic text (2014)
In this case report, we describe the successful management of rhinoorbital mucormycosis, a subtype of the rhinocerebral variety, secondary to Rhizopus oryzae that developed in a patient with lymphoma.
According to a report of 38 patients with necrotizing lesions who were hospitalized after the volcano, 8 patients had infections caused by the mucormycete Rhizopus arrhizus (oryzae).

Compounds

Rhizopus nigricans

Specialized

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A mold that commonly grows on old bread and other rotting food

Rhizopus stolonifer

Specialized

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A mold that causes soft, wet rot in fruits and vegetables and dry rot in sweet potato roots

Surface Forms

Rhizopus singular

Rhizopuses plural

Etymology

Rhizopus comes from Greek parts rhiza 'root' and pous 'foot'. The name helps you imagine a fungus that has root-like threads and little foot-like anchors holding its spore cases, which is why the name fits fungi that rot bread and fruit.