ABSTRACT
The genus Rhizopus is a zygomycetous mold classi–ed under the family Mucoraceae, order Mucorales, subphylum Mucoromycotina, kingdom Fungi. The family Mucoraceae currently consists of 24 genera: Absidia, Actinomucor, Ambomucor, Amylomyces, Apophysomyces, Chlamydoabsidia, Circinella, Circinomucor, Gongronella, Halteromyces, Hyphomucor, Lentamyces, Mucor, Parasitella, Phycomyces, Protomycocladus, Rhizomucor, Rhizopus, Siepmannia, Spinellus, Sporodiniella, Syzygites, Thermomucor and Zygorhynchus in addition to some unclassi–ed Mucoraceae [1]. Within the family Mucoraceae, members of the genera Rhizopus, Mucor, Absidia, Rhizomucor, and Apophysomyces have been implicated in human diseases, with Rhizopus being the most common cause of human zygomycosis [2,3].
