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Trichophyton megninii

Colonial Morphology	Microscopic Morphology Phase Contrast	Biochemical Reactions: BCP, SDA and Urease
Growth rate: moderately rapid Texture: suede like to cottony, widely spaced radial grooves Thallus color: white, becoming pink to violet Reverse color: wine red to red brown	pyriform microconidia rare pencil shaped macroconidia	BCP: moderate to profuse growth, alkaline Urease: positive in broth, may be negative in agar Vitamin requirement: histidine (Trichophyton agar #7) Hair perforation: negative Red pigment
Compare to and Differentiate from: T. rubrum and T. raubitscheckii: histidine requirement, pink staining of colony, urease, BCP T. soudanense: pigmentation, lack of reflexive branching, urease	Etiology & Ecology anthrophilic Spain, Portugal, rarely in Africa, Mediterranean body, scalp, beard ectothrix etiology of other dermatophytes