Pneumocystis murina

Pneumocystis murina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pneumocystidomycetes
Order:	Pneumocystidales
Family:	Pneumocystidaceae
Genus:	Pneumocystis
Species:	P. murina
Binomial name
	Pneumocystis murina; Keely, Fischer, Cushion & Stringer (2004)

Pneumocystis murina is a species of fungus, first isolated from laboratory mice, hence its name.^[1]

References[]

Dagnæs-Hansen, Frederik, and Knud Poulsen. "Pneumocystis murina infection in immunodeficient mice in a closed barrier unit: a case report." Scand. J. Lab. Anim. Sci 38.2 (2011).
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Linke, Michael J; Ashbaugh, Alan D; Demland, Jeffery A; Walzer, Peter D (2009). "Pneumocystis murina colonization in immunocompetent surfactant protein A deficient mice following environmental exposure". Respiratory Research. 10 (1): 10. doi:10.1186/1465-9921-10-10. ISSN 1465-9921. PMC 2650685. PMID 19228388.
Hernandez-Novoa, B.; Bishop, L.; Logun, C.; Munson, P. J.; Elnekave, E.; Rangel, Z. G.; Barb, J.; Danner, R. L.; Kovacs, J. A. (2008). "Immune responses to Pneumocystis murina are robust in healthy mice but largely absent in CD40 ligand-deficient mice". Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 84 (2): 420–430. doi:10.1189/jlb.1207816. ISSN 0741-5400. PMC 2493075. PMID 18467653.

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