Cunninghamella is a genus of fungus in the Mucorales

Mucorales

The Mucorales is the largest and best studied order of Zygomycete fungi. Members of this order are sometimes called pin molds.-Systematics:...

 order, and the family Cunninghamellaceae. Members of this genus are often used in studies investigating the metabolism of drugs, because these species metabolize a wide range of drugs in manners similar to mammalian enzyme systems. Many species are also capable of oxidizing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, a class of stable organic molecules that tends to persist in the environment and contains many known carcinogen

Carcinogen

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ic and mutagen

Mutagen

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ic compounds.

It can grow on Sabouraud's agar.

Species

The genus Cunninghamella contains 16 species:

• C. bainieri
• C. bertholletiae
  Cunninghamella bertholletiae
  Cunninghamella bertholletiae is a species of Cunninghamella.It can cause human disease....
  
  
• C. binarieae
• C. blakesleeana
• C. clavata
• C. echinulata
• C. elegans
• C. homothallica
• C. intermedia
• C. multiverticillata
• C. phaeospora
• C. polymorpha
• C. septata
• C. A18
• C. CL023
• C. vesiculosa