MATING PATTERNS OF DERMATOPHYTES OF DIVERSE ORIGIN IN INDIA

The mating patterns of Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale (74 isolates) and the Microsporum gypseum complex (17 isolates) of div erse origin and T. rubrum (25 isolates) and I tonsurans (10 isolates) of clinical origin were studied. The results of the study showed that the teleomorph of the Indian isolates of T. mentagrophytes belong to A rthroderma vanbreuseghemii, undetermined teleomorphs of T. mentagrophy tes var. interdigitale (+) mating types, and undetermined teleomorphs of T. mentagrophytes var. interdigitale indeterminate mating types. Al l the isolates of I rubrum and T. tonsurans were found to be of the (- ) mating type.