Mucormycosis and Entomophthoramycosis (Zygomycosis).

Previously the term zygomycosis was used to refer to infections caused by fungi belonging to the phylum Zygomycota, class Zygomycetes, orders Mucorales and Entomophthorales. However, a more recent classification based on molecular phylogenetic studies of rRNA, tef1, and rpb1, has abolished the class Zygomycetes and instead distributes fungi previously in the phylum Zygomycota into the phylum Glomeromycota and four subphyla, -including Mucoromycotina, Kickxellomycotina, Zoopagomycotina, and Entomophthoromycotina (Table 1) [1]. Therefore, the term zygomycosis, which has been used by clinicians and mycologists for decades, is no longer relevant to fungal taxonomy. Both terms, mucormycosis and zygomycosis, are used throughout this book, reflecting the recent changes in nomenclature and the slower evolution of clinical parlance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]