Microsporum

Microsporum
Macroconidia of M. canis
Systematics
Subdivision : Real ascent mushrooms (Pezizomycotina) Class : Eurotiomycetes Subclass : Eurotiomycetidae Order : Onygenales Family : Arthrodermataceae Genre : Microsporum
Scientific name
Microsporum
Gruby , 1843

Microsporum is a genus of filamentous fungi that belong to the Fungi imperfecti . They are important as the causative agent of microsporia . These are dermatophytoses , i.e. fungal diseases of the skin.

features

The macroconidia are thin to thick-walled, ovoid to spindle-shaped, rough and divided into many chambers by up to 15 septa. They sit on the hyphae individually. Microconidia are always present.

species

• Microsporum amazonicum
• Microsporum audouinii
• Microsporum boullardii
• Microsporum canis
• Microsporum cookei
• Microsporum distortum
• Microsporum duboisii
• Microsporum equinum
• Microsporum ferrugineum
• Microsporum fulvum
• Microsporum gallinae
• Microsporum gypseum
• Microsporum langonii
• Microsporum nanum
• Microsporum persicolor
• Microsporum praecox
• Microsporum ripariae
• Microsporum rivalieri

literature

• Birgid Neumeister, Heinrich K. Geiss, Rüdiger Braun, Peter Kimmig: Microbiological diagnostics: bacteriology - mycology - virology - parasitology . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2nd edition, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 9783131579423 , p. 705.

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