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Eukaryota > Fungi > Mitosporic Fungi > Microsporum

Preferred term

Microsporum  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Microsporon
  • Microsporons

Note

  • do not confuse with the phylum MICROSPORIDIA, the class MICROSPOREA, nor with the order MICROSPORIDA; infection: coordinate IM with DERMATOMYCOSES (IM) or specific (IM); do not confuse with MICROSPORIDIOSIS

Scope note

  • A mitosporic Oxygenales fungal genus causing various diseases of the skin and hair. The species Microsporum canis produces TINEA CAPITIS and tinea corporis, which usually are acquired from domestic cats and dogs. Teleomorphs includes Arthroderma (Nannizzia). (Alexopoulos et al., Introductory Mycology, 4th edition, p305)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008864

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