Definition of Genus mucor

1. Noun. Type genus of the Mucoraceae; genus of molds having cylindrical or pear-shaped sporangia not limited in location to points where rhizoids develop.

Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Mucoraceae, Mucoraceae
Member holonyms: Mucor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mucor

genus Monilia
genus Monocanthus
genus Monochamus
genus Monodon
genus Monomorium
genus Mononychus
genus Monotropa
genus Monstera
genus Montezuma
genus Montia
genus Morchella
genus Morone
genus Morus
genus Moschus
genus Motacilla
genus Mucor
genus Mucuna
genus Mugil
genus Muhlenbergia
genus Mulloidichthys
genus Mullus
genus Muntiacus
genus Muntingia
genus Mus
genus Musa
genus Musca
genus Muscardinus
genus Muscari
genus Muscicapa
genus Muscivora

Literary usage of Genus mucor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Code of Federal Regulations: Parts 170 to 199 Revised as of April 1, 2005 by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"Cooney et Emerson is classified as follows: Class, Phycomycetes; subclass, Zygomycetes; order, Mucorales; family, Mucoraceae; genus, Mucor; species, miehei; ..."

2. Bacteria of the Sputa and Cryptogamic Flora of the Mouth by Filandro Vicentini (1897)
"... belongs to the genus Mucor—is shown in its natural state, k and k', being mounted in glycerine and magnified to only 140 diam. ..."

3. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"The genus Mucor, a key for the identification of the species will be given at the end of the book, was established in 1729 by Micheli. ..."

4. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of by Robert Kaye Greville (1827)
"He has therefore united our plant to the genus Mucor, and cited the figure of BULLIARD above mentioned. My friend M.FRIES, though he has the genus ..."

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