Colonization of living skin equivalents by Malassezia furfur

Medical Mycology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-19

  Bhattacharyya, T ^a   Edward, M ^a   Cordery, C ^b   Richardson, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malassezia furfur; Skin equivalent model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN;

FUNGI; MALASSEZIA FURFUR;

EID: 0031951757     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681219880000031     Document Type: Article

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