Successful Mating of a Human Isolate of Arthroderma simii with a Tester Strain of A. vanbreuseghemii

Masako Kawasaki; Kazushi Anzawa; Takashi Mochizuki; Hiroshi Ishizaki; Basavaraj M. Hemashettar

doi:10.3314/jjmm.50.15

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Successful Mating of a Human Isolate of Arthroderma simii with a Tester Strain of A. vanbreuseghemii

Masako Kawasaki, Kazushi Anzawa, Takashi Mochizuki, Hiroshi Ishizaki, Basavaraj M. Hemashettar

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Keywords: Arthroderma simii, Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii, sexual reproduction, hybrid, new mating plate

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2009 Volume 50 Issue 1 Pages 15-18

DOI https://doi.org/10.3314/jjmm.50.15

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Abstract

An isolate of Arthroderma simii was successfully mated with a tester strain of A. vanbreuseghemii cultured on the plate of simple agar with some hair on it at 27 °C. Confirmation of sexual reproduction was made by the detection of hybrids of two parental genotypes. The implications of this result are discussed from the viewpoint of a reevaluation of the species boundaries of dermatophytes.

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