Saksenaea

Saksenaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Zygomycota
Order:	Mucorales
Family:	Saksenaeaceae
Genus:	Saksenaea; S.B.Saksena (1953)
Type species
	Saksenaea vasiformis; S.B.Saksena (1953)
Species
	S. erythrospora; S. vasiformis

Saksenaea is a genus of fungi in the Saksenaeaceae family. First described in 1953,[1] the genus contains two pathogenic species capable of causing severe human infections.[2]

References

Saksena SB. (1953). "A new genus of the Mucorales". Mycologia. 45 (3): 426–36. JSTOR 4547711.
Alvarez E; Garcia-Hermoso D; Sutton DA; Cano JF; Stchigel AM; Hoinard D; Fothergill AW; Rinaldi MG; Dromer F; Guarro J. (2010). "Molecular phylogeny and proposal of two new species of the emerging pathogenic fungus Saksenaea". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 48 (12): 4410–16. doi:10.1128/JCM.01646-10. PMC 3008438. PMID 20926710.

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[Saksena1953-1] Saksena SB. (1953). "A new genus of the Mucorales". Mycologia. 45 (3): 426–36. JSTOR 4547711.

[Alvarez2010-2] Alvarez E; Garcia-Hermoso D; Sutton DA; Cano JF; Stchigel AM; Hoinard D; Fothergill AW; Rinaldi MG; Dromer F; Guarro J. (2010). "Molecular phylogeny and proposal of two new species of the emerging pathogenic fungus Saksenaea". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 48 (12): 4410–16. doi:10.1128/JCM.01646-10. PMC 3008438. PMID 20926710.