Which Trichophyton produces Microconidia?

Trichophyton rubrum grows slowly in culture with sparse production of teardrop or peg-shaped microconidia laterally on fertile hyphae.

What disease is caused by Trichophyton?

Approximately 40 different species of fungi can cause ringworm; the scientific names for the types of fungi that cause ringworm are Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton.

What enzyme does Trichophyton produce?

Trichophyton equinum produces urease, gelatinase, protease, hemolysins, and keratinase. Some differences in enzyme production have been found between T. equinum and T.

What are macroconidia and Microconidia?

A mass of hyphal elements is termed the mycelium (synonymous with mold). Aerial hyphae often produce asexual reproduction propagules termed conidia(synonymous with spores). Relatively large and complex conidia are termed macroconidia while the smaller and more simple conidia are termed microconidia.

Where is Trichophyton from?

T. Trichophyton violaceum is an anthropophilic fungus rarely isolated from animals. It has been reported from buffaloes, horses, cattle, cats, dogs, mice, sheep, a pigeon, and a mule (4,6–8).

What is the function of Microconidia?

The microconidia can function either as spermatia (male gametes) or as asexual reproductive structures or both. In nature they probably function exclusively in fertilization of protoperithecia.

Which organism produces Macroconidia and Microconidia?

Histoplasma capsulatum
The pathogenic fungus, Histoplasma capsulatum, exists in nature as a filamentous organism that produces two asexual spores, microconidia and tuberculate macroconidia.

How do you get rid of Trichophyton?

Background The standard treatment of Trichophyton rubrum nail bed onychomycosis (or distal subungual onychomycosis [DSO]) with daily terbinafine for 12 weeks involves treating for a fixed period shorter than the time required for complete replacement of the nail bed and overlying nail plate by normal growth.