Neurospora
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Neurospora is a genus of Ascomycete fungi. The genus name, meaning "nerve spore" refers to the characteristic striations on the spores that resemble axons.
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Neurospora | |
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Neurospora crassa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Sordariales |
Family: | Sordariaceae |
Genus: | Neurospora Shear & B.O.Dodge (1927) |
Type species | |
Neurospora sitophila Shear & B.O.Dodge (1927) | |
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The best known species in this genus is Neurospora crassa, a common model organism in biology. Neurospora intermedia var. oncomensis is believed to be the only mold belonging to Neurospora which is used in food production (to make oncom).[2]