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ArticleMycopathologia2017

Morpho-Molecular Characterization of Soil Inhabitant Dermatophytes from Ahvaz, Southwest of Iran, a High Occurrence of Microsporum fulvum.

Ali Rezaei-Matehkolaei, Abbas Jahangiri, Ali Zarei Mahmoudabadi, Mohammad Javad Najafzadeh, Sadegh Nouripour-Sisakht, Koichi Makimura

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Ali Rezaei-MatehkolaeiHealth Research Institute, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. rezaei-a@ajums.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3119-8342
Abbas JahangiriDepartment of Medical Mycology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Ali Zarei MahmoudabadiHealth Research Institute, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Mohammad Javad NajafzadehDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Sadegh Nouripour-SisakhtCellular and Molecular Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran.
Koichi MakimuraLaboratory of Space and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan.

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Occurrence and diversity of dermatophyte mycoflora in 298 soil samples from Ahvaz, Southwest of Iran was investigated by using the hair-baiting technique. The samples were collected during spring (n = 210) and autumn (n = 88) of 2015, and the fungal isolates were identified based on the macro- and micro-morphology of colonies and with further ITS-rDNA RFLP and sequencing. Totally, 60 soil samples (20.1%) were positive for dermatophyte growth whose pH varied from 7.0 to 7.9. The highest (26.6%) and the lowest (14.3%) recovery rates were from the animal resorts and the streets soils samples, respectively. Seasonally, 16.7% of the spring samples and 28.4% of the autumn samples were positive. Based on molecular identification, three species of two genera were identified viz. M. fulvum (n = 57), M. canis (n = 2) and zoophilic Trichophyton interdigitale (n = 1). As a specific goal in the study, differentiation of the species in Microsporum gypseum complex was established by measuring the mean length and width of macroconidia in some strains of M. gypseum, M. fulvum and M. incurvatum. Mean size for macroconidia length and width in three species showed that M. gypseum and M. incurvatum can morphologically be differentiated from M. fulvum but not from each other. M. fulvum was the most abundant species isolated from the soils of Ahvaz; however, to comprehensively specify the distribution pattern of geophilic dermatophytes in the soils of this city further investigations are needed. Identification based on micro-morphometric is not effective for species distinction in M. gypseum complex, while molecular procedures based on sequencing of certain DNA regions are the most reliable and applicable strategies for this purpose.

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Soil MicrobiologyAnimalsCluster AnalysisDNA, FungalDNA, Ribosomal SpacerIranMicrobiological TechniquesMicrosporumPhylogenyPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthSeasonsSequence Analysis, DNATrichophytonDNA, FungalDNA, Ribosomal SpacerKeratinophilic dermatophyteMicrosporum fulvumSoil

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