Characterization of Malassezia microbiota in the human external auditory canal and on the sole of the foot

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 238-244

  Zhang, Enshi ^a,c   Tanaka, Takafumi ^c   Tsuboi, Ryoji ^a   Makimura, Koichi ^b   Nishikawa, Akemi ^c   Sugita, Takashi ^c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

External auditory canal; Malassezia slooffiae; Microbiota; Sole of foot

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CHEEK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS DIFFLUENS; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; FOOT SOLE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GUEHOMYCES PULLULANS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA RESTRICTA; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS; MALASSEZIALES; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; RNA GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCALP; SKIN FLORA;

ADULT; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; FOOT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA RESTRICTA; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS;

EID: 84859845181     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2012.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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