The genus Malassezia with description of four new species

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 337-355

  Gueho E ^a   Midgley, G ^b   Guillot, J ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

Lipophilic yeasts; Malassezia; Morphology; Physiology; Taxonomy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; LIPID; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; MALASSEZIA; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TAXONOMY;

MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR;

EID: 0030038666     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00399623     Document Type: Article

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