Pityrosporum ovale (Bizzozero) Castellani et Chalmers
Application
Biomedical Research and Development Material
Biosafety Level
2
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Product Format
freeze-dried
Storage Conditions
Frozen: -80°C or colder Freeze-Dried: 2°C to 8°C Live Culture: See Propagation Section
Type Strain
no
Preceptrol®
no
Comments
Control with zinc pyrithione
The strain was re-identified as Malassezia furfur based on the multigene sequence analysis
Medium
ATCC® Medium 1072: Pityrosporum medium
ATCC® Medium 2693: modified Dixon (mDixon)
ATCC® Medium 2737: Modified Leeming & Notman Agar (MLNA)
Nucleotide (GenBank) :
KU729103
ITS including 5.8S rRNA gene
References
Box JA, et al. An evaluation of the antipityrosporum properties of zinc pyrithione on hair and skin. Pharm. Acta Helv. 55: 120-124, 1980. PubMed: 7403194
