Mucor hiemalis
Mucor hiemalis Mucor hiemalis is among the zygosporic fungi found in unspoiled foods. It has different industrial importance as biotransforming agents of pharmacological and chemical compounds.
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Morphology and cell structure
M. 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
M. hiemalis is nitrate positive and requires thiamin to grow.
References
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