AgriMyc

Phylum	Class	Order	Family	Genus	Species/Subspecies

Species/Subspecies:

Epidermophyton floccosum

Categories:

Animal pathogen; human pathogen; dermatophyte

Etymology:

Genus name: epidermis (outer skin) creature.
Species epithet: growing as woolly tufts.

Significance:

Rarely infects animals, but is an important human pathogen.
[Of minor importance]

Taxonomy:

Phylum	Class	Order	Family	Genus
Ascomycota	Pezizomycotina	Eurotiomycetes	Arthrodermataceae	Epidermophyton

Macromorphology (smell):

On rich media such as Sabouraud agar, colonies usually grow together into white pleomorphic tufts after a few weeks and they can sometimes secrete a reddish-brown pigment in the agar plate.

Micromorphology:

E. floccosum has septate hyaline hyphae. The macroconidia are smooth, thin-walled and club-shaped. The macroconidia are borne individually or in clusters of 2 or 3 and are 20-40 x 7-12 μm and contain 1 to 9 septa. The narrow base and the broad, club-shaped tip of the macroconidia have been compared to the shape of a beaver tail.

Metabolism:

Aerobic.

Reproduction:

Spec. Char.:

E. floccosum is an anthropophilic dermatophyte.

Disease/effect:

Tinea pedis (athlete's foot) and tinea cruris in humans.

Hosts/substrate:

Dog, human

Clinical Picture:

Genome Sequence:

There is no whole genome sequence reported.