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Malassezia

genus of fungi
Taxon taxon Q14488912
Malassezia
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Malassezia

Summary

Malassezia is a taxon[1]. Malassezia ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,990 views/month, #1,063 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Malassezia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Malassezia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Malassezia is classified within Malasseziaceae[5].
  • Malassezia's scientific name is Malassezia[6].
  • Malassezia's Commons category is recorded as Malassezia[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Malassezia is Malassezia furfur[8].
  • Malassezia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Malassezia[9].
  • Malassezia's taxon author citation is recorded as Baill.[10].

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Classification

Malassezia's scientific name is Malassezia[6]. Malassezia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Malassezia is classified within Malasseziaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Malassezia is Malassezia furfur[8].

Identifiers

Malassezia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 450570[11]. Malassezia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 55193[12]. Malassezia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 32138[13]. Malassezia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2518091[14].

Why It Matters

Malassezia ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,990 views/month, #1,063 of 195,241).[2] Malassezia has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . MycoBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . id.biodiversity.org.au. id.biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Malasseziaceae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
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