Pneumocystidomycetes

Pneumocystidomycetes
Pneumocystis jirovecii in tissue
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Taphrinomycotina
Class: Pneumocystidomycetes
O.E.Erikss. & Winka (1997)
Order: Pneumocystidales
O.E.Erikss. (1994)
Family: Pneumocystidaceae
O.E.Erikss. (1994)
Genus: Pneumocystis
P.Delanoë & Delanoë (1912)
Type species
Pneumocystis carinii
P.Delanoë & Delanoë (1912)
Species
Synonyms

Pneumocystomycetes

The Pneumocystidomycetes are a class of ascomycete fungi. It includes the single order Pneumocystidales, which contains the single monotypic family Pneumocystidaceae, which in turn contains the genus Pneumocystis, causative agent of Pneumocystis pneumonia.

Pneumocystis have been isolated from hundreds of different mammal species; however, currently only 6 species are recognized by NCBI.

References

  1. ↑ "Pneumocystomycetes".
  2. ↑ Ma, Liang; Weissenbacher-Lang, Christiane; Latinne, Alice; Babb-Biernacki, Spenser; Blasi, Barbara; Cissé, Ousmane H.; Kovacs, Joseph A. (2025-01-14). "Evolving spectrum of Pneumocystis host specificity, genetic diversity, and evolution". FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 49 fuaf006. doi:10.1093/femsre/fuaf006. ISSN 1574-6976. PMC 11916894. PMID 39971735.
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