An abundant and diverse collection of bacteria, fungi, and viruses inhabits the human skin.
These microorganisms vary between individuals and between different sites on the skin. The …

Background The genus Malassezia is comprised of a group of lipophilic yeasts that have
evolved as skin commensals and opportunistic cutaneous pathogens of a variety of …

The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

Traditional culture-based methods have incompletely defined the microbial landscape of
common recalcitrant human fungal skin diseases, including athlete's foot and toenail …

Commensal fungi of the mammalian skin, such as those of the genus Malassezia, are
associated with atopic dermatitis and other common inflammatory skin disorders …

Background Aureobasidium pullulans is a black-yeast-like fungus used for production of the
polysaccharide pullulan and the antimycotic aureobasidin A, and as a biocontrol agent in …

Malassezia is a unique lipophilic genus in class Malasseziomycetes in Ustilaginomycotina,(
Basidiomycota, fungi) that otherwise consists almost exclusively of plant pathogens …

The fungal genus Malassezia comprises lipid-dependent and lipophilic yeast species that
are part of the normal skin microbiota [1]. The 14 species are classified in class …

Several human skin diseases and disorders are associated with two groups of fungi, the
dermatophytes and Malassezia. Although these skin-related problems are not generally life …

Identified in the late nineteenth century as a single species residing on human skin,
Malassezia is now recognized as a diverse genus comprising 18 species inhabiting not only …