Trichophyton

Scientific classification
| Kingdom:  | Fungi

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Division:  | Ascomycota

Class:  | Eurotiomycetes

Order:  | Onygenales

Family:  | Arthrodermataceae

Genus:  | Trichophyton

## Description[edit | edit source]

The genus Trichophyton is characterized by the development of both smooth-walled macro- and microconidia. Macroconidia are mostly borne laterally directly on the hyphae or on short pedicels, and are thin- or thick-walled, clavate to fusiform, and range from 4 to 8 by 8 to 50 um in size. Macroconidia are few or absent in many species. Microconidia are spherical, pyriform to clavate or of irregular shape and range from 2 to 3 by 2 to 4 um in size.

## Species and their Natural Reservoir[edit | edit source]

Trichophyton ajelloi  | geophilic

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Trichophyton concentricum  | anthropophilic
Trichophyton equinum  | zoophilic (horse)
Trichophyton flavescens  | geophilic (feathers)
Trichophyton gloriae  | geophilic
Trichophyton megnini  | anthropophilic
Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei  | zoophilic (hedgehog)
Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale  | anthropophilic
Trichophyton phaseoliforme  | geophilic
Trichophyton rubrum | anthropophilic
Trichophyton rubrum downy strain  | anthropophilic
Trichophyton rubrum granular strain  | anthropophilic
Trichophyton schoenleinii  | anthropophilic
Trichophyton simii  | zoophilic (monkey, fowl)
Trichophyton soudanense  | anthropophilic
Trichophyton terrestre  | geophilic
Trichophyton tonsurans  | anthropophilic
Trichophyton vanbreuseghemii  | geophilic
Trichophyton verrucosum  | zoophilic (cattle, horse)
Trichophyton violaceum  | anthropophilic
Trichophyton yaoundei  | anthropophilic

## External Links[edit | edit source]

* Doctor Fungus
* Mycology Unit at the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital

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