Mucor hiemalis is among the zygosporic fungi found in unspoiled foods. It has different industrial importance as biotransforming agents of pharmacological and chemical compounds.
| Mucor hiemalis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Mucoromycota |
| Class: | Mucoromycetes |
| Order: | Mucorales |
| Family: | Mucoraceae |
| Genus: | Mucor |
| Species: | M. hiemalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mucor hiemalis Wehmer, (1903) | |
Morphology and cell structure
editMucor hiemalis grows in expanding gray colonies. It grows branched sporangiophores that yielding yellow to dark brown sporangia which can mate to form black-brown, spiny zygospores.
Physiology
editMucor hiemalis is nitrate positive and requires thiamin to grow.
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