A new yeast, Malassezia yamatoensis, isolated from a patient with seborrheic dermatitis, and its distribution in patients and healthy subjects

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 579-583

  Sugita, Takashi ^a   Tajima, Mami ^b   Takashima, Masato ^c   Amaya, Misato ^b   Saito, Masuyoshi ^b   Tsuboi, Ryoji ^b   Nishikawa, Akemi ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malassezia yamatoensis; Microflora; New species; Seborrheic dermatitis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA DERMATIS; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA JAPONICA; MALASSEZIA NANA; MALASSEZIA OBTUSA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MALASSEZIA RESTRICTA; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS; MALASSEZIA YAMATOENSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN FLORA; TAXONOMY; VOLUNTEER;

FUNGI; JAPONICA; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA DERMATIS; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA JAPONICA; MALASSEZIA NANA; MALASSEZIA OBTUSA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MALASSEZIA RESTRICTA; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS; MALASSEZIA YAMATOENSIS;

EID: 4143150531     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03554.x     Document Type: Article

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