Malassezia equina

Malassezia equina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Exobasidiomycetes
Order: Malasseziales
Family: Malasseziaceae
Genus: Malassezia
Species: M. equina
Binomial name
Malassezia equina
Cabañes et Boekhout, 2007

Malassezia equina is a fungus first isolated in horses, which can cause opportunistic infections in animals.[1] Its type strain is MA146=CBS 9969. This species will not grow without any lipid supplementation. It grows slowly and forms small colonies (average diameter 1.3 millimetres (0.051 in)). In the lab, colonies will not grow at temperatures of 40 °C, differing from M. sympodialis-related species, such M. dermatis and M. nana, which can grow at this temperature. Malassezia caprae cells are ovoidal.

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References

  1. Cabañes, F. Javier; Theelen, Bart; Castellá, Gemma; Boekhout, Teun (2007). "Two new lipid-dependentMalasseziaspecies from domestic animals". FEMS Yeast Research. 7 (6): 1064–1076. doi:10.1111/j.1567-1364.2007.00217.x. ISSN 1567-1356.

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