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