Microsporum gypseum
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Microsporum gypseum is a soil-associated dermatophyte that occasionally is known to colonise and infect the upper dead layers of the skin of mammals.[1] The name refers to an asexual "form-taxon" that has been associated with four related biological species of fungi: the pathogenic taxa Arthroderma incurvatum, A. gypsea, A. fulva and the non-pathogenic saprotroph A. corniculata.[2][3] More recent studies have restricted M. gypseum to two teleomorphic species A. gypseum and A. incurvatum.[1][4] The conidial states of A. fulva and A. corniculata have been assigned to M. fulvum and M. boullardii.[5] Because the anamorphic states of these fungi are so similar, they can be identified reliably only by mating.[1] Two mating strains have been discovered, "+" and "–".[6] The classification of this species has been based on the characteristically rough-walled, blunt, club-shaped, multicelled macroconidia.[4] Synonyms include Achorion gypseum, Microsporum flavescens, M. scorteum, and M. xanthodes.[1][5] There has been past nomenclatural confusion in the usage of the generic names Microsporum and Microsporon.[7]
Microsporum gypseum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Onygenales |
Family: | Arthrodermataceae |
Genus: | Microsporum |
Species: | M. gypseum |
Binomial name | |
Microsporum gypseum (E. Bodin) Guiart & Grigoraki (1928) | |
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