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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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Mucor 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

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Mucor hiemalis is nitrate positive and requires thiamin to grow.

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