Ctenomyces serratus
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Ctenomyces serratus is a keratinophilic fungal soil saprotroph classified by the German mycologist, Michael Emil Eduard Eidam in 1880, who found it growing on an old decayed feather. Many accounts have shown that it has a global distribution, having been isolated in select soils as well as on feathers and other substrates with high keratin content. It has also been found in indoor dust of hospitals and houses in Kanpur, Northern India and as a common keratinophilic soil fungus in Germany. This species has been associated with toenail infections in humans and skin ulcers in guinea pigs.
- Family
- Arthrodermataceae
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- Name
- Ctenomyces serratus
- Slug
- ctenomyces-serratus
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Arthrodermataceae
- Genus
- Ctenomyces
- Species
- serratus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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