Genetic and biochemical characterization of Malassezia pachydermatis with particular attention to pigment-producing subgroups

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-49

  Hossain, Hamid ^a   Landgraf, Volker ^a   Weiss, Reinhard ^a   Mann, Marion ^a   Hayatpour, Jaleh ^a   Chakraborty, Trinad ^a   Mayser, Peter ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CATALASE; LIPID; TRYPTOPHAN; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TINEA VERSICOLOR; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MALASSEZIA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS;

BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATALASE; MALASSEZIA; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 34249690841     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780601003827     Document Type: Article

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