Orpinomyces

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Orpinomyces
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Neocallimastigomycota
Class: Neocallimastigomycetes
Order: Neocallimastigales
Family: Neocallimastigaceae
Genus: Orpinomyces
D.J.S. Barr, H. Kudo, Jakober & K.J. Cheng 1989 [1]
Species

Orpinomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Neocallimastigaceae.

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References

  1. Barr DJ, Kudo H, Jakober KD, Cheng KJ (1989). "Morphology and development of rumen fungi: Neocallimastix sp., Piromyces communis, and Orpinomyces bovis gen.nov., sp.nov". Canadian Journal of Botany. 67 (9): 2815–24. doi:10.1139/b89-361.