<prompt> Which one of the following is the geophilic dermatophyte?Microsporum equinumMicrosporum gypseumMicrosporumpersicolorMicrosporum canis  <response>: Ans. A. Microsporum gypseumBased on natural habitatGeophilic grows in soilZoophilic infects animalsAnthropophilic infects manMicrosporum gypseum, M. fulvum, M nanumT. ajelloi, T terrestreT. verrucosumT mentagrophytesM. Canis,T. rubrum,T schoenleinii, T tonsurans,T violaceum,M audouiniiE. Floccosum 