NCIt definition : A yeast in the phylum Ascomycota. This species forms branched hyphae, and hyaline,
ellipsoidal ascospores, and assimilates glucose, galactose, ethanol and glycerol.
M. capitatus is an opportunistic pathogen and has been isolated from the human digestive
and respiratory tracts as well as the blood of immunocompromised hosts.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any fungal organism that can be assigned to the species Magnusiomyces capitatus.;