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Mortierella is a genus of soil-dwelling fungi in the phylum Mortierellomycota (formerly placed in Zygomycota). While primarily known as environmental saprotrophs, Mortierella species have recently been identified as residents of the human gut mycobiome -- the fungal com…
A filamentous fungus in the order Hypocreales (family Ophiocordycipitaceae), historically studied as an insect and nematode pathogen (P. lilacinum, formerly Paecilomyces lilacinus), now emerging as a clinically significant protective member of the gut mycobiome — and it…