Malassezia caprae explained

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 1mm). 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.

Further reading

• Book: Boekhout . T. . Malassezia and the skin : science and clinical practic . 2010 . Springer . Heidelberg . 978-3-642-03616-3 .
• Ramadán S, Sortino M, Bulacio L, Marozzi ML, López C, Ramos L . Prevalence of Malassezia species in patients with pityriasis versicolor in Rosario, Argentina . Revista Iberoamericana De Micología . 29 . 1 . 14–9 . 2012 . 21419859 . 10.1016/j.riam.2011.03.001 . 2133/2561 . free .
• Book: Cletus Kurtzman. J.W. Fell. Teun Boekhout. The Yeasts: A Taxonomic Study, Volume 1. 2011. Elsevier. 9780080931272. 1500.

Notes and References

1. Cabañes. F. Javier. Theelen. Bart. Castellá. Gemma. Boekhout. Teun. Two new lipid-dependent Malassezia species from domestic animals. FEMS Yeast Research. 7. 6. 2007. 1064–1076. 1567-1356. 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2007.00217.x. 17367513. free.