title: [The effect of Tween-80 on the differentiation of Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Trichophyton rubrum strains with FT-IR spectroscopy].
abstract: Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Trichophyton rubrum, are two of the frequently identified dermatophyte species in routine microbiology laboratories. Although newer technologies may assist in species-level identification, direct application of these methods usually require improvement in order to obtain reliable identification of these species. Earlier data have shown that dermatophytes may be identified with FT-IR spectroscopy although there are some limitations. In particular, the organic bond ranges in FT-IR spectra showed more irregularity because of the eucaryotic complexity of the molds. In this study, Tween-80 which is an inorganic molecule, was added to the dermatophyte growth medium in order to investigate its effect on FT-IR spectroscopy analysis of dermatophytes. Nine reference dermatophyte strains [5 T.mentagrophytes complex (T.asteroides CBS 424.63, T.erinacei CBS 344.79, CBS 511.73, CBS 677.86, T.mentagrophytes CBS 110.65) and 4 T.rubrum complex strains with different morphotypes (T.fluviomuniense CBS 592.68, T.kuryangei CBS 422.67, T.raubitschekii CBS 102856, T.rubrum CBS 392.58)] were included in the study. All strains were cultured on Sabouraud glucose agar either with or without 1% Tween-80 for three weeks. After the incubation period, superficial scrapings from each dermatophyte colony were analyzed using FT-IR spectroscopy. All measurements were performed in transmission mode between 4400 and 400 cm-1. Numerous spectral window data were analyzed by principal component analysis and hierarchical clustering was performed. The second derivations of spectral ranges revealed clear grouping of T.mentagrophytes complex and T.rubrum complex in association over five separate spectral ranges. The findings also showed that while all of the T.mentagrophytes strains contained lipid compounds in their mold structure after Tween-80 incubation (p< 0.025), T.rubrum strains did not. Based on these results, it was concluded that culture medium containing Tween-80 was sufficient to enable differentiation of T.mentagrophytes complex from T.rubrum complex by FT-IR spectroscopy. This effect might be attributed to the possible transfer of lipid compounds from culture to cell structure during growth. Further studies with the use of large number of reference strains and clinical isolates exposed to different environmental factors, such as antifungal agents and inorganic ions, are needed to support these data indicating favorable effect of Tween-80 on the differentiation of T.mentagrophytes and T.rubrum complexes by FT-IR spectroscopy.
authors: Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Denizli, Turkey. cagri@pau.edu.tr.
authors: Çagri
authors: Ç
authors: Ergın
authors: Macit
authors: M
authors: İlkit
authors: Yaşar
authors: Y
authors: Gök
authors: Ahmet Hilmi
authors: AH
authors: Çon
authors: Mustafa Zafer
authors: MZ
authors: Özel
authors: Nilgün
authors: N
authors: Kabay
authors: Aylin
authors: A
authors: Döğen
authors: Yasemin
authors: Y
authors: Baygu
mesh_terms: D016000:Cluster Analysis; D006801:Humans; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011136:Polysorbates; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D014005:Tinea / Q000382:microbiology*; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D011136:Polysorbates