| Rhizopus microsporus | |
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| Rhizopus microsporus sporangium containing sporangiospores | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Mucoromycota |
| Class: | Mucoromycetes |
| Order: | Mucorales |
| Family: | Mucoraceae |
| Genus: | Rhizopus |
| Species: | R. microsporus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhizopus microsporus Tiegh. (1875)
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Rhizopus microsporus is a fungal plant pathogen infecting maize, sunflower, and rice.
A domesticated variant of this species is used in the preparation of traditional soy fermentation such as tempeh and sufu (see Rhizopus oligosporus).
It can also cause a nosocomial infection and necrosis to the infected area, particularly prevalent in pre-term infants. This fungus contains the bacterial endosymbiont Paraburkholderia rhizoxinica that produces the antitumor drug rhizoxin.[1]