Trichophyton rubrum

Trichophyton rubrum is a cosmopoliton anthroppphilic mold fungus. It grows from slow to moderately rapid. It is downy to cottony like morphology with white color surface. From the reverse it is in wine red color. It can be isolated from tropical areas, soil, humans and animals. It generally not infect animals. But in human it plays a major role in dermatophyte infections. It affects mainly on feet, skin, nails and hairs.

Characteristics
Shape and Size
microconidia are numerous, clavate, 2-3 by 3-5 µm in size borne singly along the hyphae, with rarely long, narrow, thin-walled cigar or pencil-shaped macroconidia (40-55 X 6-7.5 µm)
Genome Information
Trichophyton rubrum CBS 118892, linear DNA, RefSeq NZ_ACPH00000000.1, Size 22.53 Mb,GC% 48.3, Protein 8,706, rRNA 15,tRNA 82, Gene 8,804,Pseudogene 2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NZ_ACPH00000000.1
Food Source
contaminated water
Pathological Factor
The fungal pathogen s ability to produce and secrete proteolytic enzymes is a major virulence factor. Keratin, a fibrous protein, is a major structural component of the human skin and nails; thus T. rubrum invades through the stratum corneum, the outermost layer of the epidermis, to obtain keratin. This invasion causes dermatophytosis infections such as athlete s foot, fungal infections between fingernails, jock itch, and may be painful. The infections may be transmitted from person to person.
Disease
Dermatophytosis  tinia corporis (body ringworm), tinia pedis (foot infection)
Symptoms
skin diseases, appearing in various shades of white, yellow, brown, and red textures
Affected Body Organs
skin and nails

Classification
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Ascomycota
Subphylum Pezizomycotina
Class Eurotiomycetes
Order Onygenales
Family Arthrodermataceae
Genus Trichophyton
Species T. rubrum