| saksenaea vasiformis and apophysomyces elegans zygomycotic infections in bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus), a killer whale (orcinus orca), and pacific white-sided dolphins (lagenorhynchus obliquidens). | during a 10-yr period, a killer whale (orcinus orca), two pacific white-sided dolphins (lagenorhynchus obliquidens), and two bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus), all housed at seaworld of texas from 1991 to 2001, were infected with fungi from the class zygomycetes. in four out of five cases, the fungi were identified as either saksenaea vasiformis or apophysomyces elegans. all fungi in the class zygomycetes aggressively invade the vascular system. death occurred within 23 days after the ini ... | 2002 | 12564534 |