Species/Subspecies: Trichophyton mentagrophytes
Categories: Animal pathogen; human pathogen; dermatophyte
Etymology:
Significance:T. mentagrophytes is one of the most important among the zoophilic dermatophytes. It is highly contagious, expensive to treat and difficult to control.
  [Important]   
Taxonomy:
PhylumClassOrderFamilyGenus
AscomycotaEurotiomycetesOnygenalesArthrodermataceaeTrichophyton
 
Macromorphology (smell):
Trichophyton mentagrophytes 
Micromorphology:
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
Reproduction:
Spec. Char.: Dermatophytes have proteases, elastases (serine proteases) and keratinases, which are virulence factors and the degradation products are nutrients for the fungi.
Disease/effect: Dermatofytosis is zoonotic.
Genome Sequence:
ACC-No GenBankStrain/Isolate# of chromSize (Mbp)
GCA_003664465 D15P127  23.7 

Mitochondrial DNA sequence:
ACC-No GenBankStrain/IsolateNumber of BPRef
NC_012826 BMU 03104 24 297 # 65
Circular DNA

18S rRNA Seq:
ACC-No GenBankStrain/IsolateNumber of NT
EF631618 BMU03104 2313 

ITS regions:
ACC-No GenBankStrain/IsolateNumber of NTGenes
OK484432 09-21NVT 601 (ITS 1), 5.8S rRNA, (ITS 2) 
ITS 1 and ITS 2 are partial

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

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