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IN a previous communication, Wolf1 reached the conclusion that the fluorescent pigment produced by Microsporum canis Bodin and M. gypseum Guiart and Grigorakis was a pteridine. The fluorescent substance was extracted from cultures of both fungi grown in vitro upon hair and on a synthetic medium. The conclusion as to the pteridine nature of the pigment was based upon ultra-violet absorption spectra, fluorescence spectra, and paper chromatography of a purified material, and is consistent with the results of earlier chemical studies2,3.
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WOLF, F., JONES, E. & NATHAN, H. Fluorescent Pigment of Microsporum . Nature 182, 475–476 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182475b0
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