Malassezia equina explained

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 1.3mm). 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.

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 . . 29 . 1 . 14–19 . 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.