Multilocus phylogeny of the Trichophyton mentagrophytes species complex and the application of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization–time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry for the rapid identification of dermatophytes

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Despite intensive studies of the Trichophyton mentagrophytes species complex, its taxonomy still causes confusion. In this study, more than 70 dermatophytes were analyzed based on nuc rDNA ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 (ITS), D1-D2 domains of nuc 28S rDNA (D1D2), and β-tubulin gene (TUBB) sequences to clarify phylogenetic relationships in the complex. This demonstrated that strains of the complex were divided into three major...

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