Biology:Trichophyton interdigitale
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Short description: Species of fungus
| Trichophyton interdigitale | |
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| Trichophyton mentagrophytes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Onygenales |
| Family: | Arthrodermataceae |
| Genus: | Trichophyton |
| Species: | T. interdigitale
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| Binomial name | |
| Trichophyton interdigitale Priestley (1917)
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Trichophyton interdigitale is a clonal line within sexual species T. mentagrophytes.[1] It causes onychomycosis and tinea pedis in humans, and has never been isolated from animals. Trichophyton interdigitale isolates cannot be reliably discriminated from T. mentagrophytes by cultural techniques or MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and therefore ITS region DNA sequencing is recommended.[2]
Critics
Trichophyton interdigitale is defined by its capability of transmission between human hosts and clonal way of reproduction. However, there is at least one another anthropophilic clonal line within T. mentagrophytes, phylogenetically unrelated to T. interdigitale.[3]
References
- ↑ "Toward a novel multilocus phylogenetic taxonomy for the dermatophytes". Mycopathologia 182 (1-2): 5–31. 2017. doi:10.1007/s11046-016-0073-9. PMID 27783317.
- ↑ "Species boundaries in the Trichophyton mentagrophytes / T. interdigitale species complex". Medical Mycology 57 (6): 781–789. 2019. doi:10.1093/mmy/myy115. PMID 30462248.
- ↑ Plangsiri, Settanan; Arenas, Roberto; Rattananukrom, Teerapong (June 2025). "Zoonotic and Anthropophilic Trichophyton mentagrophytes Complex Infection in Human: An Update and Narrative Review". Mycoses 68 (6). doi:10.1111/myc.70082. PMID 40542551.
Wikidata ☰ Q7840903 entry
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