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Research Article

Successful mating of Trichophyton rubrum with Arthroderma simii

Kazushi Anzawa *Department of Dermatology; Division of Dermatomycology (Novartis Pharma), Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Masako Kawasaki *Department of Dermatology; Division of Dermatomycology (Novartis Pharma), Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan
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Takashi Mochizuki *Department of Dermatology; Division of Dermatomycology (Novartis Pharma), Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan
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Hiroshi Ishizaki Division of Dermatomycology (Novartis Pharma), Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan
Pages 629-634 | Received 15 Jul 2009, Accepted 25 Oct 2009, Published online: 14 Apr 2010
 

Abstract

Crossing of Trichophyton rubrum with Arthroderma simii yielded many ascomata around the fluffy T. rubrum colonies. One of the 35 supposed ascospores isolated from matured ascoma was shown to be a hybrid of the two species. Hybrids were observed within the genotypes of four different genes, i.e., rRNA, actin, DNA topoisomerase II and cytochrome b. These results strongly suggest that T. rubrum is not an asexual or clonal species.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

This paper was first published online on Early Online on 15 April 2010.

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