Further characterization of pigment-producing Malassezia strains

Mycoses

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 34-39

  Mayser, P ^a,b   Tows A ^a   Kramer H J ^a   Weiss R ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorochrome production; Malassezia; Pigment production

Indexed keywords

AGAR; FLUOROCHROME; GLUCOSE; GRAMINE; NITROGEN; PIGMENT; SEROTONIN; TRYPTAMINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL STRAIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA OBTUSA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MALASSEZIA RESTRICTA; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALKALOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CULTURE MEDIA; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLUCOSE; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; KINETICS; MALASSEZIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEROTONIN; TRYPTAMINES; TRYPTOPHAN;

MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA OBTUSA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MALASSEZIA RESTRICTA; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS;

EID: 1642290124     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2003.00957.x     Document Type: Article

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