- nails, hair, and
especially skin, the so-called
dermatophytic and
keratinophilic fungi, and
cause local infections such as
ringworm and athlete's foot...
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Keratinophyton durum is a
keratinophilic fungus, that
grows on
keratin found in
decomposing or shed
animal hair and bird feathers.
Various studies conducted...
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Ctenomyces serratus is a
keratinophilic fungal soil
saprotroph classified by the
German mycologist,
Michael Emil
Eduard Eidam in 1880, who
found it growing...
- of dermatophytosis, that is,
fungal infection of the skin. They are
keratinophilic: they feed on the
keratin in nails, hair, and dead skin. Trichophyton...
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known as
snake fungal disease or SFD in some
species of snakes. It is a
keratinophilic fungus from the
family Onygenaceae of the
order Onygenales. O. ophidiicola...
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treatment of dermatophytosis" (PDF).
Biology of
Dermatophytes and
Other Keratinophilic Fungi: 148–158.
Archived (PDF) from the
original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved...
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Trichophyton rubrum is the main
culprit in most cases.
These fungi are
keratinophilic and
colonize or
infect the
superficial keratinized tissues (the skin...
-
thirds of
isolations of
keratinophilic fungi from
phaeozem (the upper-layer, humus-rich soil horizon) and over half of
keratinophilic fungi from cambisol...
- New York, NY: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0824706838. Rees, R.G. (1967). "
Keratinophilic fungi from
Queensland I.
Isolations from
animal hair and scales". Mycopathologia...
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Lerouxinema lerouxi has been
described with the red
spurfowl as type host.
Keratinophilic fungi such as
Ctenomyces serratus have been
noted from the species....
