Trichophyton

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Trichophyton

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Onygenales
Family:	Arthrodermataceae
Genus:	Trichophyton

[edit] Description

The fungus 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.

[edit] Species and their natural reservoirs

Trichophyton ajelloi	geophilic
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