Trichophyton rubrum

Trichophyton rubrum
Microconidia of T. rubrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Onygenales
Family: Arthrodermataceae
Genus: Trichophyton
Species:
T. rubrum
Binomial name
Trichophyton rubrum
(Castell.) Sabour.
Synonyms
  • Trichophyton megninii R. Blanch. (1895)
  • Trichophyton fischeri J. Kane (1977)
  • Trichophyton raubitschekii J. Kane, Salkin, Weitzman & Smitka (1982)
  • Trichophyton kanei Summerbell (1987)
  • Epidermophyton purpureum (H. Bang) C.W. Dodge,
  • Sabouraudiella purpurea (H. Bang) Boedijn[1]

Trichophyton rubrum is a dermatophytic fungus in the phylum Ascomycota. It is an exclusively clonal,[2] anthropophilic saprotroph that colonizes the upper layers of dead skin, and is the most common cause of athlete's foot, fungal infection of nail, jock itch, and ringworm worldwide.[3] Trichophyton rubrum was first described by Malmsten [sv] in 1845 and is currently considered to be a complex of species that comprises multiple, geographically patterned morphotypes, several of which have been formally described as distinct taxa, including T. raubitschekii, T. gourvilii, T. megninii and T. soudanense.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Trichophyton purpureum H. Bang, - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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