Malassezia nana sp. nov., a novel lipid-dependent yeast species isolated from animals

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 623-627

  Hirai, Asuka ^a   Kano, Rui ^a   Makimura, Koichi ^b   Duarte, Eduardo Robson ^c   Hamdan, Júnia Soares ^c   Lachance, Marc André ^d   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^b   Hasegawa, Atsuhiko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREMOPHOR; ESCULIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HYDROLYSIS; JAPAN; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA DERMATITIS; MALASSEZIA NANA; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TORULOPSIDALES; TYPE STRAIN; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; JAPAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MALASSEZIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ANIMALIA; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA DERMATIS; MALASSEZIA NANA; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS;

EID: 1842422463     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02776-0     Document Type: Article

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