Mucor circinelloides
Mucor circinelloides is a dimorphic fungus belonging to the Order Mucorales (Phylum Mucoromycota). It has a worldwide distribution, found mostly in soil, dung and root vegetables. This species is described as not known to be able to produce mycotoxins, however it has been frequently reported to infect animals such as cattle and swine, as well as fowl, platypus and occasionally humans. Ketoacidotic patients are particularly at risk for infection by M. circinelloides.
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Range & habitat
At least 20 species belonging to the genus Mucor are found to be extracted from food. M. circinelloides is one of the five most significant fungus out of these 20 along with M. hiemalis, M. piriformis, M. plumbeus and M. racemosus. It has been reported to spoil cheese and yams as well as diseases of mango. This fungus has also been isolated from various foods such as meat, hazelnuts, walnuts, maize, mung beans, soybeans and barley. Fungi in the order Mucorales class have not been investigated in detail for their ability to produce mycotoxins; Cytotoxicity and mycotoxin-production was analysed and tested for using the cytotoxicity test (MTT assay) and LC/MS/MS-based multimycotoxin method respectively for three fungal species, including M. circinelloides. Mucor circinelloides was found to be able to produce 3-nitropropionic acid as well as have low cytotoxicity. Conventionally, M. circinelloides is considered not to produce mycotoxins.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
In human culture
Mucor circinelloides is one of the common species in the genus Mucor. Mucor circinelloides is a variable species that include several variants such as; M. circinelloides f. circinelloides; M. circinelloides f. lusitanicus; M. circinelloides f. griseocyanus and M. circinelloides f. janssenii.
Wikipedia: “History and taxonomy”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1040116.