Table 5.

Commercially available molecular assays for Mucorales.

Assay	Manufacturer	Method	Target	Species	Samples
MucorGenius®	PathoNostics B.V., Masstricht, The Netherlands	Multiplex Real-Time PCR	28S rDNA	Rhizopus spp., Mucor spp., Lichtheimia spp., Cunninghamella spp., Rhizomucor spp.	BALF, biopsies, paraffin-embedded tissue, serum
MycoGenie® Aspergillus spp./Mucorales spp.	Ademtech, Pessac, France	Duplex Real-Time PCR	28S rDNA	Aspergillus spp., Rhizomucor pusillus, Mucor indicius, M. circinelloides, M. plombeus, Rhizophus arrhizus, R. stolonifera, Lichtheimia corymbifera, L. glauca, Cunninghamella bertholletiae and Mycotypha spp.	Serum, biopsies, lower respiratory tract samples
FungiPlex® Mucorales	Bruker Daltonik, GmbH, Bremen, Germany	Real-Time PCR	Target unknown	Rhizopus spp., Lichtheimia spp., Cunninghamella spp., Rhizomucor spp., Mucor spp., Actinomucor spp., Apophysomyces spp., Saksenaea spp., Syncephalastrum spp.	Serum, plasma, whole blood

BALF: bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.