Pneumocystis jirovecii Frenkel
(Human Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PNP) - causative organism)

Interactions where Pneumocystis jirovecii is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
infects immunocompromised lung Restricted Homo sapiens Man, Human Primates: Hominidae Pneumocystis carinii: a fungal villain masquerading as a protozoan, Wakefield, A.E., 2002
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pneumocystis jirovecii/Pneumocystis jiroveciihuman Pneumocystis pneumonia (PNP) - causative organism Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Primates/Hominidae/Homo sapiens/Homo sapiensman, humanimmunocompromisedlungSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Wakefield, A.E., 2002Pneumocystis carinii: a fungal villain masquerading as a protozoanMycologist Vol 16 (4): 138-139.

Pneumocystis jirovecii (Human Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PNP) - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pneumocystis jirovecii (Human Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PNP) - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPneumocystis jirovecii (Human Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PNP) - causative organism)
SubphylumTAPHRINOMYCOTINA (pneumocystid fungi)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pneumocystis jirovecii (Human Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PNP) - causative organism)

Pneumocystis jirovecii (Human Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PNP) - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Wakefield, A.E. 2002 Pneumocystis carinii: a fungal villain masquerading as a protozoan Mycologist Vol 16 (4): 138-139.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Pneumocystis jirovecii (Human Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PNP) - causative organism):

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