Identification of atypical strains of Malassezia spp. from cattle and dog

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 749-752

  Duarte, Eduardo R ^a   Lachance, Marc André ^a   Hamdan, Júnia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atypical Malassezia strains; Biochemical and physiological characterization; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ENZYMES; HYDROLYSIS; LIPIDS; RNA; YEAST;

ATYPICAL STRAINS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CATALASE; CREMOPHOR; ESCULIN; RIBOSOME RNA; TRYPTOPHAN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DOG; EXTERNAL EAR; LIPOPHILICITY; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOGS; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS;

EID: 0036436233     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w02-064     Document Type: Article

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