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Partial characterization of proteolytic enzymes of Microsporum canis and Microsporum cookei.

Characterization by proteinase inhibitors of the enzymes produced by Microsporum spp. revealed that Microsporum canis and Microsporum cookei produce serine proteinase(s), but only M. canis expresses aspartic and cysteine proteinases and probably a metalloproteinase. Both M. canis and M. cookei expressed metalloelastinolytic proteinases. All the proteinase types have been implicated in the pathogenicity of a wide range of microorganisms.

Endopeptidases↗

Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) of rDNA of appendaged and non-appendaged strains of Microsporum gypseum reveals Microsporum appendiculatum as its synonym.

Recently a new taxon of geophilic dermatophytes was established as Microsporum appendiculatum Bhat and Mariam, based on the presence of appendaged macroconidia. However, such appendages are already known in the related species Microsporum gypseum. We conducted a survey of soil in central India as a part of a microbial biodiversity project and obtained two strains of M. gypseum with appendaged macroconidia. Using phenotypical characterization in combination with sequencing and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region of rDNA, we found that all strains of appendaged species are identical. Therefore M. appendiculatum is regarded as a synonym of M. gypseum.

DNA, Fungal↗

[Dermatophyte infections caused by Microsporum canis and Microsporum audouinii in the Greifswald area].

Report of serial diseases of dermatophytoses caused by M. canis (5 patients) and M. audouinii (9 patients). Two cats and a dog were the infective source of M. canis-infection. M. audouinii-infection was stated in a children ward; here the infective source had not been detected. Remarkable are the identical morphological lesions of tinea capitis resp. corporis and the affections of adults in the two groups of patients. Griseofulvin therapy and additional veterinary hygienical treatment in case of M. canis-infection the two endemis were dissipated in few weeks.

Adult↗