Coccidioides
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Coccidia + -oides (“-like, -oid”, taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
[edit]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
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Ascomycota – phylum; Pezizomycotina – subphylum; Eurotiomycetes – class; Eurotiomycetidae – subclass; Onygenales – order; Onygenaceae – family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Coccidioides immitis - type species
References
[edit]- Coccidioides on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Coccidioides on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Coccidioides at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Coccidioides at MycoBank
- Coccidioides at Index Fungorum
- “Coccidioides”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.