Coccidioides
Translingual
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Arthroconidia of Coccidioides immitis
Etymology
From Coccidia + -oides (“-like, -oid”, taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Coccidioides m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Onygenaceae – ascomycetous fungi found especially in dry, warm soils that produce infectious arthroconidia and cause coccidioidomycosis.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Dikarya - subkingdom; Ascomycota - phylum; Pezizomycotina - subphylum; Eurotiomycetes - class; Eurotiomycetidae - subclass; Onygenales - order; Onygenaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Coccidioides immitis - type species
References
Coccidioides on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Coccidioides on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Coccidioides at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Coccidioides at Encyclopedia of Life
- Coccidioides at MycoBank
- Coccidioides at Index Fungorum
- “Coccidioides”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary