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Molecular differentiation of Keratinomyces (Trichophyton) species
J M Guillamón1, J Cano, D Ramón
1Unidad de Microbiología, Escuela de Enología, Universidad Rovira i Virgili, Ramón y Cajal, Tarragona, Spain.
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
|April 1, 1996
Abstract:
The taxonomy of the form-genus Keratinomyces (Trichophyton) within the group of the dermatophytes is based on morphological features which remain insufficient for the distinction of these anamorphic species. The three species included in the genus Keratinomyces, namely K. ajelloi, K. ceretanicus and K. longifusus were examined by means of their mitochondrial-like DNA diversity and compared to few other dermatophytes. The analysis of the mtDNA restriction fragments confirmed that the three species are different and well separate from the other dermatophytes.