Malassezia nana

Malassezia nana is a fungus that can cause opportunistic infections in animals. It was first isolated from animals in Japan and Brazil. "M. nana" resembles "M. dermatis" and "M. sympodialis", but is distinguished from these species by its inability to use Kolliphor EL (Sigma) as the sole lipid source and to hydrolyse aesculin. The type strain of "M. nana" is NUSV 1003T(=CBS 9557T=JCM 12085T).