Pneumocystis murina

Pneumocystis murina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Pneumocystidomycetes
Order: Pneumocystidales
Family: Pneumocystidaceae
Genus: Pneumocystis
Species: P. murina
Keely, Fischer, Cushion & Stringer, 2004
Binomial name
Pneumocystis murina

Pneumocystis murina is a species of fungus, first isolated from lab mice, hence its name.[1]

References

  1. Keely, S. P. (2004). "Phylogenetic identification of Pneumocystis murina sp. nov., a new species in laboratory mice". Microbiology 150 (5): 1153–1165. doi:10.1099/mic.0.26921-0. ISSN 1350-0872. PMID 15133075.

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