Trichophyton rubrum

Trichophyton rubrum
	Microconidia of T. rubrum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Onygenales
Family:	Arthrodermataceae
Genus:	Trichophyton
Species:	T. rubrum
Binomial name
	Trichophyton rubrum; (Castell.) Sabour.
Synonyms
	Trichophyton megninii R. Blanch. (1895); Trichophyton fischeri J. Kane (1977); Trichophyton raubitschekii J. Kane, Salkin, Weitzman & Smitka (1982); Trichophyton kanei Summerbell (1987); Epidermophyton purpureum (H. Bang) C.W. Dodge,; Sabouraudiella purpurea (H. Bang) Boedijn;

Trichophyton rubrum is a dermatophytic fungus in the phylum Ascomycota. It is an exclusively clonal, anthropophilic saprotroph that colonizes the upper layers of dead skin, and is the most common cause of athlete's foot, fungal infection of nail, jock itch, and ringworm worldwide. Trichophyton rubrum was first described by Malmsten in 1845 and is currently considered to be a complex of species that comprises multiple, geographically patterned morphotypes, several of which have been formally described as distinct taxa, including T. raubitschekii, T. gourvilii, T. megninii and T. soudanense.

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