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Malassezia pachydermatis
Malassezia pachydermatis Malassezia pachydermatis
Small grey or white colonies.
 
Nigrosin preparation. Budding is bipolar and broad-based. The resulting form resembles the print left by a child's shoe.
The genus Malassezia belongs to the Fungi imperfecti. They are characterised by broad-based, bipolar budding.
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