Malassezia caprae is a fungus first isolated in goats, which can cause opportunistic infections in animals.[1] Its type strain is MA383=CBS 10434. This species will not grow without any lipid supplementation. It grows slowly and forms small colonies (average diameter 1 millimetre (0.039 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 ellipsoidal to more or less spherical.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Malasseziomycetes |
| Order: | Malasseziales |
| Family: | Malasseziaceae |
| Genus: | Malassezia |
| Species: | M. caprae
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| Binomial name | |
| Malassezia caprae J.Cabañes & Boekhout (2007)
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References
edit- ^ Cabañes, F. Javier; Theelen, Bart; Castellá, Gemma; Boekhout, Teun (2007). "Two new lipid-dependent Malassezia species from domestic animals". FEMS Yeast Research. 7 (6): 1064–1076. doi:10.1111/j.1567-1364.2007.00217.x. ISSN 1567-1356. PMID 17367513.
Further reading
edit- Boekhout, T. (2010). Malassezia and the skin : science and clinical practic. Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-03616-3.
- Ramadán S, Sortino M, Bulacio L, Marozzi ML, López C, Ramos L (2012). "Prevalence of Malassezia species in patients with pityriasis versicolor in Rosario, Argentina". Revista Iberoamericana De Micología. 29 (1): 14–9. doi:10.1016/j.riam.2011.03.001. hdl:2133/2561. PMID 21419859.
- Cletus Kurtzman; J.W. Fell; Teun Boekhout (2011). The Yeasts: A Taxonomic Study, Volume 1. Elsevier. p. 1500. ISBN 9780080931272.
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