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Twelve isolates of Microsporum equinum and nine monoascospore cultures of Nannizzia otae were studied on Sabouraud dextrose agar, polished rice grain, and on Pablum cereal agar for their gross morphology and micromorphology. The urease activity of each isolate was determined on Christensen's urea broth, and the in vitro hair perforation test was performed according to Ajello and Georg's technique. The 12 M. equinum isolates were paired with nine tester strains of N. otae (108 crosses) and with five M. canis isolates that were nonfertile with N. otae (60 crosses). The M. equinum isolates were also paired with each other in all possible combinations (78 crosses) on soil-hair medium, Pablum cereal agar, and oatmeal salts agar.
Whereas most of the macroconidia produced by the M. equinum isolates were smaller than those of N. otae, some were in the size range of the latter species. Both species hydrolyzed urea within 8 to 14 days. Although N. otae isolates perforated hair consistently, none of the M. equinum isolates perforated hair in vitro. The crosses between N. otae and M. equinum cultures, between isolates of M. canis (that were incompatible with N. otae) and the isolates of M. equinum, and between M. equinum isolates among themselves were nonreactive. These differences strongly support the view that M. equinum is a distinct species and should not be treated as a synonym of M. canis (N. otae).
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Padhye, A.A., Weitzman, I. & Ajello, L. Mating behaviour of Microsporum equinum with Nannizzia otae. Mycopathologia 69, 87–90 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00428607
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