Trichophyton terrestre

Trichophyton terrestre
This Sabouraud’s dextrose agar plate culture is growing T. terrestre fungus, strain x231 producing a red pigment
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Onygenales
Family:	Arthrodermataceae
Genus:	Trichophyton
Species:	T. terrestre
Binomial name
Trichophyton terrestre Durie & D. Frey
Synonyms
Trichophyton terrestre-primumSzathmáry

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 Trichophyton 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. 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. JSTOR   3755689.
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.