title: Arthroderma olidum, sp. nov. A new addition to the Trichophyton terrestre complex.
abstract: In 1981, four fungal isolates from hair of the European badger (Meles meles) were examined by Dr Phyllis Stockdale at the Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, and deposited in the UK National Collection of Pathogenic Fungi as an undescribed member of the Trichophyton terrestre complex. The present paper formalizes the complete description of a new ascomycete taxon, Arthroderma olidum following successful recent attempts to re-isolate the same fungus from the soil of Badger holes in South West England. Furthermore, using ribosomal RNA gene sequencing, we show that the asexual form of A. olidum is conspecific with the recently described Trichophyton eboreum1 isolated from a human skin specimen in Germany.
authors.affiliation: Mycology Reference Laboratory, Health Protection Agency South-West Regional Laboratory, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: Colin K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Borman
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Linton
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Bridge
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D003883:Arthrodermataceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal