''Malassezia nana'' is a
fungus
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that can cause
opportunistic infection
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s in animals.
It was first isolated from animals in Japan and Brazil. ''M. nana'' resembles ''
M. dermatis'' and ''
M. sympodialis'', but is distinguished from these species by its inability to use
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(Sigma) as the sole
lipid
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source and to
hydrolyse
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Biological hydrolysis ...
aesculin. The
type strain of ''M. nana'' is NUSV 1003T(=CBS 9557T=JCM 12085T).
References
Further reading
*Duarte, E. R., J. C. P. Resende, and J. S. Hamdan. "Characterization of Typical and Atypical ''Malassezia'' spp. From Cattle and Dog by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis." Arq. Inst. Biol., São Paulo 76.2 (2009): 157–164.
*Eidi, Samaneh, Ali Reza Khosravi, and Shahram Jamshidi. "A comparison of different kinds of ''Malassezia'' species in healthy dogs and dogs with otitis externa and skin lesions." Turk. J. Vet. Anim. Sci 35.5 (2011): 345–350.
*Boekhout, Teun, ed. ''Malassezia'' and the Skin: Science and Clinical Practice. Springer, 2010.
Basidiomycota
Parasitic fungi
Yeasts
Fungi described in 2004
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