Epidermophyton floccosum

(Harz) Langeron & Miloch. · species

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Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Onygenales/Arthrodermataceae/Epidermophyton

At a glance

Occurrence records14

Data sources10

Biological traits0

DNA specimens75

eDNA detections51

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Epidermophyton floccosum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility14 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI51 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics75 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Chemical compositionLOTUS3 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF14 records

Environmental DNA4 datasets · 3 countries51 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD75 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT≈25 Mbp

01Narrative

Epidermophyton floccosum is a filamentous fungus that causes skin and nail infections in humans. This anthropophilic dermatophyte can lead to diseases such as tinea pedis (athlete's foot), tinea cruris, tinea corporis and onychomycosis. Diagnostic approaches of the fungal infection include physical examination, culture testing, and molecular detection. Topical antifungal treatment, such as the use of terbinafine, itraconazole, voriconazole, and ketoconazole, is often effective. E. floccosum is one of the 2 species in the genus Epidermophyton. During the 20th century, this species was the fourth most common cause of dermatophytosis in North America. This ascomycete has a worldwide distribution but is more commonly isolated from patients in tropical and subtropical areas. The non-soil associated fungus has no specific growth conditions and shows characteristic smooth club-shaped macroconidia under the microscope.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

03Chemical composition3 compounds

Compounds documented for Epidermophyton floccosum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Fusidane triterpenoids3

Documented compounds3 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
3-Didehydrofusidic acid	present	LOTUS
Fusidic Acid	present	LOTUS
Fusidic acid EP Impurity G	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding75 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Epidermophyton floccosum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens75

Marker genes5

eDNA detections51

Countries8

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P★ITS★ITS1★ITS25-8S

animal barcodefungal barcodemarker

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Epidermophyton floccosum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈24 575 259 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

THIS GENOME Epidermophyton floccosum0.02 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type14 records

Wild obs. + sensor3

Museum / vouchered11

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO28 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy67% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 1

3 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor3

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 11 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence11

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Institution	Specimens
Sydney Medical Schoollocation not on record	6
Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brusselslocation not on record	1
University of Athens, Hellenic Collection of Pathogenic Fungilocation not on record	1

3 institutions · 8 of 11 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA51 detections

Where the DNA of Epidermophyton floccosum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found51

Studies independent surveys4

Countries3

Verifiable raw sequence linked3

Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 51 detections have coordinates

Open the map3 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median18.3 °C 18.1–22.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.10 °C

Max temp (day)20.7 °C 19.6–28.9

Min temp (night)16.5 °C 15.2–17.5

Precipitation97.4 mm/mo 24.8–106

Air humidity59.5 % 43.3–60.0

Moisture balance-41.4 mm/mo -135–-38.4

Vapour deficit938 Pa 844–1,663

Wind speed5.50 m/s 4.00–5.90

Cloud cover23.0 % 19.3–37.7

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 8 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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