| Species/Subspecies:
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Trichophyton verrucosum |
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| Categories:
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Animal pathogen; dermatophyte |
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| Etymology:
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Genus name: hairy plant.
Species epithet: varty. |
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| Significance: | T. verrucosum is one of the most important among the zoophilic dermatophytes. It is highly contagious, expensive to treat and difficult to control.
[Important]
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| Taxonomy:
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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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| Ascomycota | Eurotiomycetes | Onygenales | Arthrodermataceae | Trichophyton |
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| Macromorphology (smell):
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Micromorphology:
 | Macroconidia do not occur very often, but chlamydospores in chains can often be detected. |
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| Reproduction: | |
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| Spec. Char.:
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| Disease/effect:
| The disease is zoonotic
| Hosts/substrate | Disease/effect | Clinical picture or result |
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| Cattle (important host) | Ringworm | Hairless spotlike areas on the skin | | Donkeys, dogs, goats, sheep and horses | Ringworm | Hairless spotlike areas on the skin | | Humans | Tinea capitis, Tinea corporis, Tinea manuum, Tinea barbae, och Tinea profunda (see Microsporum canis for explanations) | Skin redness and hair loss. |
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| Genome Sequence:
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| 18S rRNA Seq:
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| ACC-No GenBank | Strain/Isolate | Number of NT |
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| EF631623 | BMU03357 | 2313 |
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| ITS regions:
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| ACC-No GenBank | Strain/Isolate | Number of NT | Genes |
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| NR_154982 | CBS 365.53TM | 582 | 18S rRNA, ITS 1, 5.8S rRNA, ITS 2 |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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| Reference(s):
| No. 42 |
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| Updated: | 2022-10-26 |
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