Paracoccidioides
Genus of fungi
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Paracoccidioides is a genus of fungi in the order Onygenales.[1] Species are known human pathogens producing yeast-like states under pathogenic conditions. They include the causative agents of paracoccidioidomycosis and lobomycosis.[2]
| Paracoccidioides | |
|---|---|
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| Budding cells of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Onygenales |
| Family: | Ajellomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Paracoccidioides F.P. Almeida (1930) |
| Type species | |
| Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (Splend.) F.P. Almeida (1930) | |
| Species | |
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Paracoccidioides americana | |
