Microsporum

Translingual

Chlamydophores of Microsporum audouinii

Etymology

Neuter singular of New Latin microsporus, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small, little, micro-”) +‎ σπορά (sporá, “seed; offspring”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).

Proper noun

Microsporum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Arthrodermataceae – dermatophytic fungi that cause ringworm in various mammals, including humans.
   • "As listed above, in superficial mycoses infection is localised to the skin, the hair, and the nails. An example is "ringworm" or "tinea", an infection of the skin by a dermatophyte. Ringworm refers to the characteristic central clearing that often occurs in dermatophyte infections of the skin. Dermatophyte members of the genera Trycophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton are responsible for the disease. Tinea can infect various sites of the body, including the scalp (tinea capitis), the beard (tinea barbae) the foot (tinea pedis: "athlete's foot") and the groin (tinea cruris). All occur in the United Kingdom although tinea infections, other than pedis, are now rare. - 17k - 1 Mar 2006

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Ascomycota – phylum; Pezizomycotina – subphylum; Eurotiomycetes – class; Eurotiomycetidae - subclass; Onygenales - order; Arthrodermataceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Microsporum audouinii - type species

References

• Microsporum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Microsporum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Microsporum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Microsporum at Index Fungorum
• Microsporum at MycoBank
• “Microsporum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.