Fungus
acremonium
Subclass of:
Mitosporic Fungi
Definitions related to acremonium:
  • A genus of slow growing, filamentous and cosmopolitan fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. Members of this genus produce hyaline, septate hyphae, whereas vegetative hyphae form hyphal ropes. Phialides are unbranched, solitary and erect, and form directly on the hyphal tips, the hyphal ropes, or both. Some species within the Acremonium genus are opportunistic pathogens and may cause mycetoma, onychomycosis, and hyalohyphomycosis in humans.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A mitosporic fungal genus with many reported ascomycetous teleomorphs. Cephalosporin antibiotics are derived from this genus.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any fungal organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Acremonium genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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