Pneumocystis
See also: pneumocystis
Translingual
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Pneumocystis.jpg/220px-Pneumocystis.jpg)
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Pneumocystis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pneumocystidaceae – fungi first thought to be protozoa, including the agent of pneumocystis pneumonia in humans.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Dikarya - subkingdom; Ascomycota - phylum; Pneumocystomycetes - class; Pneumocystales - order; Pneumocystaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - type species; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.; for other species see The template Template:R:MycoBank does not use the parameter(s):
i=1
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Pneumocystis at MycoBank
Further reading
Pneumocystis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pneumocystis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pneumocystis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- The template Template:R:MycoBank does not use the parameter(s):
i=1
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Pneumocystis at MycoBank - The template Template:R:NCBI does not use the parameter(s):
i=1
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Pneumocystis at National Center for Biotechnology Information