Species/Subspecies: Nannizzia gypsea
Categories: Animal pathogen; human pathogen; dermatophyte
Etymology: Genus name: named after the Italian mycologist Arturo Nannizzi (1877-1961).
Species epithet: ?
Alternative Species Name(s):Microsporum gypseum
Significance:N. gypsea is an important geophilic dermatophyte. It is highly contagious, expensive to treat and difficult to control.
  [Important]   
Geographic distribution: Worldwide
Taxonomy:
PhylumClassOrderFamilyGenus
AscomycotaEurotiomycetesOnygenalesArthrodermataceaeNannizzia
 
Macromorphology (smell): Colonies may reach 5 cm in diameter after 10 days of incubation. Have a mouse-like odour. The colonies are yellowish to light brown on the upper side and look yellowish to reddish brown from the underside.
Micromorphology: Has elliptical macroconidia (25-60 x 7-15 µm) with up to 6 septa.
Reproduction:
Spec. Char.:
Reservoir: Soil
Disease/effect:
Genome Sequence:
ACC-No GenBankStrain/Isolate# of chromSize (Mbp)
GCF_000150975 CBS 118893  23.1 
18S rRNA Seq:
ACC-No GenBankStrain/IsolateNumber of NT
KP132458 IHEM 22493 690 
Partial sequence

ITS regions:
ACC-No GenBankStrain/IsolateNumber of NTGenes
NR_131271 CBS 258.61TM 715 18S rRNA, ITS 1, 5.8S rRNA, ITS 2, 28S rRNA 

Taxonomy/phylogeny:
Reference(s): No. 42, 67, 68
Updated:2022-09-14

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