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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2000, p. 3329-3336, Vol. 38, No. 9
Institut für Mikrobiologie und Hygiene,
Department of Parasitology (Charité),
Humboldt-Universität, Berlin,
Germany,1 and Centraalbureau voor
Schimmelcultures, Baarn, The Netherlands2
Received 15 December 1999/Returned for modification 22 February
2000/Accepted 1 May 2000
The validity of taxa around Trichophyton rubrum was
evaluated by a combination of phenetic and molecular methods.
Morphological and physiological features were compared to results of
sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer region of the ribosomal
operon, PCR fingerprinting, and amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis. The 15 species and varieties investigated (Trichophyton circonvolutum, Trichophyton fischeri,
Trichophyton fluviomuniense, Trichophyton
glabrum, Trichophyton gourvilii, Trichophyton
kanei, Trichophyton kuryangei, Trichophyton
megninii, Trichophyton pedis, Trichophyton
raubitschekii, Trichophyton rodhaini,
Trichophyton rubrum var. nigricans,
Trichophyton soudanense, Trichophyton violaceum var. indicum, and Trichophyton yaoundei) were
reclassified or synonymized as T. rubrum or T. violaceum.
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Molecular Taxonomy of the Trichophyton
rubrum Complex
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut
für Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum
Charité-Virchow, Campus Mitte, Humboldt Universität zu
Berlin, Dorotheenstr. 96, D-10117 Berlin, Germany. Phone:
49-30-20934799. Fax: 49-30-20934703. E-mail: yvonne.graeser{at}charite.de.
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