Malassezia cuniculi sp. nov., a novel yeast species isolated from rabbit skin

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-48

  Cabaes, F J ^a   Vega, S ^a   Castell, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lagomorphs; Malassezia cuniculi; Rabbits; Skin; Yeast

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LAGOMORPH; MALASSEZIA CUNICULI; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; SKIN; YEAST;

AGAR; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MYCOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; LAGOMORPHA; MALASSEZIA; MYCOTA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 78650369862     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.493562     Document Type: Article

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