| effect of glucose and thiamine concentrations on the formation of macroconidia in dermatophytes. occurrence of dysgonic microsporum canis strains in athens, greece. | data collected from multiple trials with 110 fresh and preserved clinical isolates of trichophyton mentagrophytes var. mentagrophytes, t. violaceum, t. rubrum, t. verrucosum, microsporum canis and epidermophyton floccosum revealed that production of macroconidia depends on glucose and thiamine concentrations in the medium. optimal macroconidia production was obtained at the critical concentrations of 5 g l-1 glucose and 0.6 g l-1 thiamine when the two compounds were used in combination. the same ... | 1996 | 8786761 |