Microsporum
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Macroconidia of M. canis |
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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.
Web links
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