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ULTRASTRUCTURE OF TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM
Author(s) -
AMER MOHAMED A.,
TAHA MOHAMED,
DIAB NAGWA A.,
MOUGHITH A.,
HARRAS MONA
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1993.tb01444.x
Subject(s) - ultrastructure , microsporum canis , endoplasmic reticulum , trichophyton , cytoplasm , epidermophyton floccosum , vacuole , electron microscope , cell wall , hypha , microsporum gypseum , microsporum , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , anatomy , medicine , botany , optics , physics , antifungal
Background . The ultrastructure of different fungi have been described in recent literature; however, few reports have concerned dermatophytes. Methods . Fine structure of Trichophyton violaceum was observed using electron microscopy. Results . Hyphae appeared as branched segmented filaments with a cell wall consisting of two layers. Thin electron dense plasma membrane was evident continuous with the inner surface of the cell wall. Septal walls with central pores and a uniform electron opacity plugs were seen. The hyphae were multinucleated and the cytoplasm contained endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, and vacuoles. Conclusions . Although these findings showed ultrastructural similarities of the cell wall with Microsporum canis, Microsporum gypseum and Microsporum audouinii , there were some points of difference in the ultrastructure of the hyphae in Epidermophyton floccosum , and in the mitochondria of Trichophyton mentagrophytes as described by other investigators.