Coccidioides
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Translingual
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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.