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Malassezia
A mitosporic fungal genus that causes a variety of skin disorders. Malassezia furfur (Pityrosporum orbiculare) causes TINEA VERSICOLOR.
(Source:
National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification
)
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Figure 1. Gram stain of
Malassezia furfur
.
Figure 2.
Malassezia furfur
cultured on Sabouraud dextrose agar supplemented with sterile olive oil.
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National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification
National Library of Medicine MeSH Classification
Eukaryota
Fungi
Mitosporic Fungi
Acremonium
Alternaria
Aspergillus
Beauveria
Blastomyces
Botrytis
Brettanomyces
Candida
Chrysosporium
Cladosporium
Coccidioides
Colletotrichum
Cryptococcus
Duddingtonia
Epidermophyton
Exophiala
Fusarium
Geotrichum
Gliocladium
Helminthosporium
Histoplasma
Kloeckera
Lacazia
Madurella
Malassezia
Metarhizium
Microsporum
Neotyphodium
Paecilomyces
Paracoccidioides
Penicillium
Phialophora
Pyricularia grisea
Rhizoctonia
Rhodotorula
Scedosporium
Scopulariopsis
Sporothrix
Stachybotrys
Trichoderma
Trichophyton
Trichosporon
Verticillium
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