Multiple choice

After a complete medical checkup, the doctor confirmed to a couple that their child was suffering from CNS zygomycosis which is a deadly fungal disesae. The causative agent of CNS zygomycosis is

  1. Rhizomucor pusillus

  2. Mucor

  3. Cunninghamella bertholletiae

  4. Absidia corymbifera

  5. Conidiobolus coronatus

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D Correct answer
Explanation

It is a common human pathogen causing pulmonary, rhinocerebral, disseminated, CNS zygomycosis. It is a small pyriform shaped sporangia with a characteristic conical shaped columellae and pronounced apophysis.