| General Information of MIC (ID: MIC01792) |
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Rhizopus (fungi)
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Nose
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| Lineage |
Kingdom: Eukaryota
Phylum: Mucoromycota
Class: Mucoromycetes
Order: Mucorales
Family: Rhizopodaceae
Genus: Rhizopus
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| Oxygen Sensitivity |
Aerobe
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| Microbial Metabolism |
Respiratory
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Pathogen
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| Description |
The majority of Rhizopus species are saprobic (decomposers) and feed on a variety of dead organic matter, though some species are parasitic or pathogenic.
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| Human drosomycin-like defensin |
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HIFM0298 |
HIF Info
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Antimicrobial peptide (AMP) |
| Description |
Human drosomycin-like defensin exerted strong fungicidal effects against the important Rhizopus spp. |
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Drosomycin-like defensin, a human homologue of Drosophila melanogaster drosomycin with antifungal activity.Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Apr;52(4):1407-12. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00155-07. Epub 2008 Jan 22.
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