Coccidioides

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Translingual

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 MycoBank
Coccidioides at Index Fungorum
“Coccidioides”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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