Trichophyton
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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 |
| 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 |