Rhizopus oryzae

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Rhizopus oryzae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Zygomycota
Class: Zygomycetes
Subclass: Incertae sedis
Order: Mucorales
Family: Mucoraceae
Genus: Rhizopus
Species: R. oryzae
Binomial name
Rhizopus oryzae
Went & Prins. Geerl., (1895)
Synonyms

Mucor arrhizus (A. Fisch.) Hagem, (1908)
Mucor cambodja Chrząszcz, (1901)
Mucor delemar Boidin
Mucor nodosus (Namysl.) Hagem, (1910)
Mucor norvegicus Hagem, (1908)
Rhizopus acetoinus Kitahara & Fukui, (1950)
Rhizopus achlamydosporus Y. Takeda, (1935)
Rhizopus albus M. Yamaz., (1918)
Rhizopus angulisporus (Saito) Naumov, (1935)
Rhizopus arrhizus A. Fisch., (1892)
Rhizopus arrhizus var. delemar (Wehmer & Hanzawa) J.J. Ellis, (1985)
Rhizopus arrhizus var. delemar (Wehmer & Hanzawa) J.J. Ellis, (1984)
Rhizopus bahrnensis Y. Takeda, (1935)
Rhizopus batatas Nakaz., (1909)
Rhizopus betivorus Nevod. [as 'betavora'],(1928)
Rhizopus boreas Yosh. Yamam., (1925)
Rhizopus cambodja (Chrząszcz) Vuill., (1902)
Rhizopus chinensis var. rugulosus Hanzawa, (1913)
Rhizopus chiuniang M. Yamaz., (1919)
Rhizopus chungkuoensis M. Yamaz., (1918)
Rhizopus chungkuoensis var. isofermentans Y. Takeda, (1906)
Rhizopus delemar (Boidin) Wehmer & Hanzawa, (1912)
Rhizopus delemar var. minimus Y. Takeda, (1935)
Rhizopus delemar var. multiplicisporus Inui, Y. Takeda & Lizuka, (1965)
Rhizopus formosaensis Hanzawa, (1913)
Rhizopus fusiformis C.O. Dawson & Povah, (1929)
Rhizopus hangchow M. Yamaz., (1918)
Rhizopus humilis M. Yamaz., (1918)
Rhizopus japonicus Vuill., (1902)
Rhizopus japonicus var. angulisporus Saito, (1907)
Rhizopus japonicus var. japonicus Vuill., (1902)
Rhizopus javanicus Y. Takeda, (1935)
Rhizopus javanicus var. javanicus Y. Takeda, (1935)
Rhizopus javanicus var. kawasakiensis Y. Takeda & Takam.{?}, (1949)
Rhizopus kasanensis Hanzawa, (1912)
Rhizopus konsho Yosh. Yamam., (1925)
Rhizopus liquifaciens M. Yamaz., (1918)
Rhizopus maydis Bruderl., (1917)
Rhizopus microsporus var. pseudochinensis (M. Yamaz.) R. Prakash & A.K. Sarbhoy, (1993)
Rhizopus mochi Yosh. Yamam., (1925)
Rhizopus nigricans var. verticillatum Demelius, (1916)
Rhizopus nodosus Namysl., (1906)
Rhizopus norvegicus Hagem, (1908)
Rhizopus oryzae var. araneosus Y. Takeda, (1906)
Rhizopus oryzae var. oryzae Went & Prins. Geerl., (1895)
Rhizopus peka Y. Takeda, (1924)
Rhizopus pseudochinensis M. Yamaz., (1918)
Rhizopus pseudochinensis var. pseudochinensis M. Yamaz., (1918)
Rhizopus salebrosus M. Yamaz., (1918)
Rhizopus salebrosus var. instriatis Y. Takeda, (1928)
Rhizopus salebrosus var. salebrosus M. Yamaz., (1918)
Rhizopus schizans McAlpine, (1902)
Rhizopus semarangensis Y. Takeda, (1935)
Rhizopus shanghaiensis M. Yamaz., (1919)
Rhizopus sontii Reddi & Subrahm.{?}, (1937)
Rhizopus suinus N. Nielsen, (1929)
Rhizopus suinus f. sterilis N. Nielsen, (1929)
Rhizopus suinus f. suinus N. Nielsen, (1929)
Rhizopus tanekoji Hanzawa, (1912)
Rhizopus thermosus Yosh. Yamam., (1925)
Rhizopus tonkinensis Vuill., (1902)
Rhizopus trubini Hanzawa, (1912)
Rhizopus usamii Hanzawa, (1912)

Rhizopus oryzae is a fungal human pathogen and the causative agent of zygomycosis (more properly mucormycosis). The genome of the RA 99-880 strain isolated from a fatal infection was sequenced by the Broad Institute in 2004-2005.

[edit] External links

Index Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database
Broad Institute page on Rhizopus oryzae genome

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