| Pneumocystis murina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pneumocystidomycetes |
| Order: | Pneumocystidales |
| Family: | Pneumocystidaceae |
| Genus: | Pneumocystis |
| Species: | P. murina
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| Binomial name | |
| Pneumocystis murina Keely, Fischer, Cushion & Stringer (2004)
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Pneumocystis murina is a species of fungus, first isolated from laboratory mice, hence its name.[1]. Pneumocystis murina is a species of fungi belonging to the genus Pneumocystis, characterized by its unique cyst-like multinucleate morphology and association with the respiratory tract of mammals.[2] P. murina is particularly notable for its exclusive infection of laboratory mice and its role as an important model for studying human diseases, specifically Pneumocystis jirovecii infections in immunocompromised patients.[3] Pneumocystis murina was first phylogenetically identified and described as a distinct species by Keely, S. P., Fischer, J. M., Cushion, M. T., and Stringer, J. R. in 2012.[4]
- ^ Keely, S. P. (2004). "Phylogenetic identification of Pneumocystis murina sp. nov., a new species in laboratory mice". Microbiology. 150 (5): 1153–1165. doi:10.1099/mic.0.26921-0. ISSN 1350-0872. PMID 15133075.
- ^ Keely, S. P., Stringer, J. R., Baughman, R. P., Linke, M. J., Walzer, P. D., & Smulian, A. G. (2005). Genetic variation among Pneumocystis carinii hominis isolates in recurrent pneumocystosis. The Journal of infectious diseases, 192(7), 1261-1269. [1]
- ^ Cushion, M. T., & Stringer, J. R. (2010). Stealth and opportunism: alternative lifestyles of species in the fungal genus Pneumocystis. Annual Review of Microbiology, 64, 431-452.
- ^ Keely, S. P., Fischer, J. M., Cushion, M. T., & Stringer, J. R. (2012). Phylogenetic identification of Pneumocystis murina sp. nov., a new species in laboratory mice. Microbiology, 158(Pt 10), 2457-2466.