Biology:Trichophyton terrestre

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Trichophyton terrestre
Trichophyton terrestre PHIL 4300 lores.jpg
This Sabouraud’s dextrose agar plate culture is growing T. terrestre fungus, strain x231 producing a red pigment.
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T. terrestre
Binomial name
Trichophyton terrestre
Mycologia_authority_Durie_Frey (1957)
Synonyms
  • Trichophyton terrestre-primum Szathmáry Magya Orvosi Arch (1936)

Trichophyton terrestre is a fungus of the genus Trichophyton.

History and taxonomy

  • first found in County of Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia.[1]
  • branched under the Trichophyton genus, the fungi was further found to be a complex in its teleomorph stage comprising multiple species, for instance, the Arthroderma insigulare, sp.nov. and Arthroderma olidum sp. nov.[2]
  • furthermore, the fungi displayed typical feature of Trichonphyton which spread nodules and conidial structures in a spiral fashion.
  • with a keratinophilic and keratinolytic nature, they were often identified on hair cells of mammals and possibly fed on keratin-like substrate.[1]

Growth and morphology

  • moderate growth speed, yellow colonies[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Durie, E.Betrix (June 1957). "A New Species of Trichophyton from New South Wales". Mycologia 49 (3): 401–411. doi:10.1080/00275514.1957.12024654. 
  2. Padhye, A.A. (9 July 2009). "Arthroderma insingulare sp. nov., another Gymnoascaceous state of the Trichophyton terrestre complex". Sabouraudia: Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology 10 (1): 47–51. doi:10.1080/00362177285190101. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10703102 entry