Trichophyton rubrum (Castellani) Sabouraud, anamorph (ATCC® MYA-4438™)

Strain Designations: MRL 666  /  Product Format: frozen

Strain Designations MRL 666
Application
susceptibility testing
antifungal susceptibility testing
Biomedical Research and Development Material
Biosafety Level 2
Product Format frozen
Type Strain no
Comments
keratinophilic dermatophyte
the most common cause of athlete's foot
Medium ATCC® Medium 336: Potato dextrose agar (PDA)
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 30°C
Name of Depositor MA Ghannoum
Special Collection ATCC
Chain of Custody
ATCC <-- MA Ghannoum
Isolation
human toenail, USA
Cross References

Nucleotide (GenBank) : FJ746657 ITS including 5.8S rRNA gene

References

Reference Method for Broth Dilution Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Filamentous Fungi; Approved Standard. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M38-A.

Reference Method for Broth Dilution Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Filamentous Fungi: Approved Standard - 2nd Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M38-A2.

Ghannoum MA, et al. Interlaboratory study of quality control isolates for a broth microdilution method (modified CLSI M38-A) for testing susceptibilities of dermatophytes to antifungals. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44: 4353-4356, 2006.

Shehata AS, et al. Comparison between the standardized Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute M38-A2 method and a 2,3-bis(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-[(sulphenylamino)carbonyl]-2H-tetrazolium hydroxide- based method for testing antifungal susceptibility of dermatophytes. J. Clin. Microbiol. 46: 3668-3671, 2008.