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In the last decade, several Malassezia-based research fields were encouraged by the revised taxonomy of the genus, and a significant body of fundamental and applied research data was generated. Building an information system to archive, process, evaluate, and utilize these data may be regarded as a practical research tool for researchers and other professionals. This information system will allow timely access to epidemiological surveillance data and will be a tool for laboratory surveillance of Malassezia-associated diseases, incorporating a defined set of conventional and molecular identification and typing information, as well as chromatographic data for the characterization of Malassezia yeast metabolites. The notion of the Malassezia website interlinking to other web-based repositories, such as the multilocus sequencing typing (MLST) (http://www.mlst.net), is certainly within the scope of designing this website.
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Robert, V.A., Velegraki, A. (2010). Malassezia Database. In: Boekhout, T., Mayser, P., Guého-Kellermann, E., Velegraki, A. (eds) Malassezia and the Skin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03616-3_11
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