National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Zygomycota
Synonyms

Zygomycetes

Zygomycota

Definitions

A phylum of fungi that are characterized by vegetative mycelium that lack septa and sexual reproduction that forms zygospores.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77194

code

C77194

DEFINITION

A phylum of fungi that are characterized by vegetative mycelium that lack septa and sexual reproduction that forms zygospores.

DesignNote

Polyphyly of Zygomycota: Results of Liu et al. (2006) supported the monophyly of the traditional Zygomycota (Mucorales, Glomerales, Entomophthorales, and Harpellales) but James et al. (2006), which included broader sampling and additional molecular loci, found Zygomycota to be polyphyletic. Until the basal fungal lineages are more clearly resolved the traditional groups of Zygomycota have been broken up and placed into distinct subphyla (Hibbett et al. 2007).

FULL_SYN

Zygomycetes

Zygomycota

label

Zygomycota

Legacy Concept Name

Zygomycota

NCBI_Taxon_ID

287987

Preferred_Name

Zygomycota

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C77194

Semantic_Type

Fungus

UMLS_CUI

C0043543

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C14209

Delete Subject Author Type Created
No notes to display