National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Malassezia
Synonyms

MALASSEZIA

Malassezia

Definitions

A genus of obligatory lipophilic yeast in the phylum Basidiomycota naturally found on the skin of many warm-blooded animals. Species in this genus are associated with superficial infections of the skin and associated structures.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C127292

ALT_DEFINITION

Any fungal organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Malassezia genus level.

code

C127292

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C85491

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A genus of obligatory lipophilic yeast in the phylum Basidiomycota naturally found on the skin of many warm-blooded animals. Species in this genus are associated with superficial infections of the skin and associated structures.

FULL_SYN

MALASSEZIA

Malassezia

label

Malassezia

NCBI_Taxon_ID

55193

Preferred_Name

Malassezia

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C127292

Semantic_Type

Fungus

UMLS_CUI

C0024541

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77169

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