genus Monilia

genus Monilia
noun
genus of parasitic yeastlike imperfect fungi having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains; some species usually placed in other genera especially genus Candida
Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Moniliaceae, ↑family Moniliaceae
Member Meronyms: ↑monilia

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  • monilia — noun any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Monilia • Hypernyms: ↑fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Monilia …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Candida — noun a genus of yeastlike imperfect fungi; sometimes included in genus Monilia of the family Moniliaceae • Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Moniliales, ↑order Moniliales • Member Meronyms: ↑candida, ↑Candida albicans …   Useful english dictionary

  • monilia disease — noun an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans) • Syn: ↑candidiasis, ↑moniliasis • Hypernyms: ↑fungal infection, ↑mycosis • Hyponyms: ↑thrush …   Useful english dictionary

  • monilia — /meuh nil ee euh/, n. a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains. [1745 55; < NL, deriv. of L monile necklace; see IA] * * * …   Universalium

  • Monilia — may refer to: an old spelling of Monilinia, a genus of fungus which may cause crop diseases, such as brown rot of fruit Moniliophthora roreri, a pathogen of cocoa and other species in or related to the genus Theobroma Candida albicans, a… …   Wikipedia

  • Monilia albicans — noun a parasitic fungus that can infect the mouth or the skin or the intestines or the vagina (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑Candida albicans • Hypernyms: ↑candida • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Candida • Part Holony …   Useful english dictionary

  • Monilia — Generic term for a group of fungi that are commonly known as fruit molds; the sexual state is Neurospora. A few closely related pathogenic organisms formerly classified in this genus are now properly termed Candida. [L. monile, necklace] * * * …   Medical dictionary

  • monilia — n. genus of parasitic fungi having elliptical buds in chain like formation …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Monilia — n. the former name of the genus of yeasts now known as Candida …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • fungus genus — noun includes lichen genera • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Erysiphe, ↑genus Erysiphe, ↑Neurospora, ↑genus Neurospora, ↑Ceratostomella, ↑genus Ceratostomella, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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