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ArticleFEMS yeast research2021

Comparative analysis of Malassezia furfur mitogenomes and the development of a mitochondria-based typing approach.

Bart Theelen, Anastasia C Christinaki, Thomas L Dawson, Teun Boekhout, Vassili N Kouvelis

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Article in FEMS yeast research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Bart TheelenWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Anastasia C ChristinakiWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Thomas L DawsonAgency for Science, Technology, and Research (A∗STAR), Skin Research Institute of Singapore (SRIS), 11 Mandalay Rd, #17-01, Singapore 308232, Singapore.
Teun BoekhoutWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Vassili N KouvelisDepartment of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Athens 15701, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-6753-0872
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute · NLAgency for Science, Technology and Research · SG

Funding

Federation of European Microbiological Societies FEMS-GO-2020-199
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malassezia furfur is a yeast species belonging to Malasseziomycetes, Ustilaginomycotina and Basidiomycota that is found on healthy warm-blooded animal skin, but also involved in various skin disorders like seborrheic dermatitis/dandruff and pityriasis versicolor. Moreover, Malassezia are associated with bloodstream infections, Crohn's disease and pancreatic carcinoma. Recent advances in Malassezia genomics and genetics have focused on the nuclear genome. In this work, we present the M. furfur mitochondrial (mt) genetic heterogenicity with full analysis of 14 novel and six available M. furfur mt genomes. The mitogenome analysis reveals a mt gene content typical for fungi, including identification of variable mt regions suitable for intra-species discrimination. Three of them, namely the trnK-atp6 and cox3-nad3 intergenic regions and intron 2 of the cob gene, were selected for primer design to identify strain differences. Malassezia furfur strains belonging to known genetic variable clusters, based on AFLP and nuclear loci, were assessed for their mt variation using PCR amplification and sequencing. The results suggest that these mt regions are excellent molecular markers for the typing of M. furfur strains and may provide added value to nuclear regions when assessing evolutionary relationships at the intraspecies level.

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Genome, MitochondrialMalasseziaTinea VersicolorAmplified Fragment Length Polymorphism AnalysisAnimalsMitochondriaMalassezia furfurmitochondrial genomephylogenytyping

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PMID34562093
PMCPMC8510979
OpenAlexW3200444719

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