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Epidermophyton floccosum is a filamentous fungus that causes skin and nail infections in humans. [1] This anthropophilic dermatophyte can lead to diseases such as tinea pedis (athlete's foot), tinea cruris, tinea corporis and onychomycosis.
Like other members of the genus Aspergillus, the A. ustus group is affiliated with the family Trichocomaceae.A phylogenetic study of Aspergillus section Usti using morphology, secondary metabolite chemistry and gene sequencing (beta-tubulin and calmodulin) revealed 21 distinct species and showed an affiliation of the section with two teleomorph genera, Emericella and Fennellia.
Nail fungus can be painful and cause permanent damage to nails. It may lead to other serious infections if the immune system is suppressed due to medication, diabetes or other conditions. The risk is most serious for people with diabetes and with immune systems weakened by leukemia or AIDS, or medication after organ transplant.
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[8] [11] It is not known to produce a yeast state. [12] This species grows as long, branching filaments and is self-fertile, i.e. it is homothallic. [13] It can reproduce sexually with itself throughout its life cycle. [13] Cryptococcus luteus is parasitic on Granulobasidium vellereum, a corticioid fungus, and is known from England and Italy. [14]
Dermatophyte (from Greek δέρμα derma "skin" (GEN δέρματος dermatos) and φυτόν phyton "plant") [1] is a common label for a group of fungus of Arthrodermataceae that commonly causes skin disease in animals and humans. [2] Traditionally, these anamorphic (asexual or imperfect fungi) mold genera are: Microsporum, Epidermophyton ...
Ulocladium botrytis is rarely pathogenic to humans but is associated with human allergic responses and is used in allergy tests. [5] [6] Ulocladium botrytis has been implicated in some cases of human fungal nail infection. [5] The fungus was first discovered in 1851 by German mycologist Carl Gottlieb Traugott Preuss. [1]
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