ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2015, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (8): 1417-1424.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2015.08.018

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Identification of Trichophyton mentagrophytes in Rabbit based on the Chitinase Gene Sequence Analysis

LIU Yue,LIU Yan-wei*,BAI Fu-juan,LIU Na,LIU Bo   

  1. (Key Laboratory of Animal Medicine,Agricultural College of Hebei University of Engineering,Handan 056021,China)
  • Received:2014-12-19 Online:2015-08-23 Published:2015-08-23

Abstract:

It was conducted to identify the gene type of 31 Trichophyton mentagrophytes isolated from rabbits.Samples were collected from infected rabbits for cultivation experiments on Sabouraud′s medium.Isolates were identified by morphology,urease test,hair perforation test and DNA analysis,and then subjected to phenotyping analysis by CHS1 gene sequencing.Results showed that 87.09% (27/31) of the colonies were granular- and powder-like with yellow-brown pigmentation deposition.Numerous grape-like microconidia,spiral hyphae,pectinafe mycelium and club-shaped macroconidia were presented in the culture.Urease test and hair perforation test were positive.The CHS1 sequences of the isolates showed 99.2%-95.4% homology with Trichophyton interdigitale.The results indicate that the isolates obtained in the present study are most likely zoophilic Trichophyton interdigitale.Based on the CHS1 gene variations in sequences,the isolates were divided into 5 genotypes.The type Ⅰ and type Ⅱ were the dominant genotypes,which accounted for 54.84% (17/31) of the isolates.These results suggest that analysis of CHS1 sequences is useful for identification and typing of Trichophyton mentagrophytes.

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