Fungus
curvularia
Subclass of:
Ascomycota (fungus); Mitosporic Fungi
Definitions related to curvularia:
  • A genus of fungi in the family Pleosporaceae, order Pleosporales and phylum ASCOMYCOTA. Curvularia fungi are plant pathogens, mostly on grasses (POACEAE) and were formerly a part of the Bipolaris, Cochliobolus and Curvularia complex.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A genus of hyphomycete fungi in the family Pleosporaceae. Members of the genus are normally found in the soil, but are facultative pathogen of many plant species. Three species have been recovered from human infections, principally from cases of mycotic keratitis.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any fungal organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Curvularia genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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