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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Malasseziomycetes |
| Order: | Malasseziales |
| Family: | Malasseziaceae |
| Genus: | Malassezia |
| Species: | M. equina
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| Binomial name | |
| Malassezia equina 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): 14–19. 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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