RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Midreuil, Fabienne A1 Guillot, Jacques A1 Guého, Eveline A1 Renaud, François A1 Mallié, Michèle A1 Bastide, Jean-MarieYR 1999 T1 Genetic diversity in the yeast species Malassezia pachydermatis analysed by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 49 IS 3 SP 1287 OP 1294 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-3-1287 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Fifty-two strains of the yeast species Malassezia pachydermatis were analysed by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. M. pachydermatis appeared to be genetically heterogeneous. A total of 27 electrophoretic types were identified that could be divided into five distinct groups with different host specificities. The diversity revealed by this electrophoretic method matched remarkably well the reported genetic variability obtained by comparing large subunit rRNA sequences. This study also suggests that genetic exchanges can occur in the anamorphic species M. pachydermatis., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-49-3-1287