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Product Format
freeze-dried
Storage Conditions
Frozen: -80°C or colder Freeze-Dried: 2°C to 8°C Live Culture: See Propagation Section
Type Strain
no
Preceptrol®
no
Mating Type
plus
Comments
Taxonomy
Mating experiments with Arthroderma benhamiae
This fungus was re-identified based on the multigene sequence comparisons.
Morphology
After 10 days at 25°C colonies thin, floccose, white. Conidia rare, spherical to tear-shaped. Small nodular clumps of cells, surrounded by yellowish exudate, frequently present, particularly in non-sporulating strains
Medium
ATCC® Medium 28: Emmons' modification of Sabouraud's agar
ATCC® Medium 200: YM agar or YM broth
ATCC® Medium 336: Potato dextrose agar (PDA)
Nucleotide (GenBank) :
KJ606109
ITS including 5.8S rRNA gene
Nucleotide (GenBank) :
KJ606157
D1/D2 region of 28S rRNA gene
Nucleotide (GenBank) :
KJ606205
beta-tubulin gene
References
Takashio M. Is Arthroderma benhamiae the perfect state of Trichophyton mentagrophytes?. Sabouraudia 10: 122-127, 1972. PubMed: 5043957
Takashio M. Etudes des phénoménes de reproduction liés au vieillissement et au rajeunissement des cultures de champignons. Ann Soc Belge Med Trop 53: 427-580, 1973.
Beguin H, et al. The taxonomic status of Trichophyton quinckeanum and T. interdigitale revisited: a multigene phylogenetic approach. Med Mycol 50: 871-882, 2012. PubMed: 22587727
Suh SO, Grosso KM, Carrion ME. Multilocus phylogeny of the Trichophyton mentagrophytes species complex and the application of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for the rapid identification of dermatophytes. Mycologia 110: 118-130, 2018. PubMed: 29863990
