title: Homogeneous cell suspension of Malassezia pachydermatis obtained with an ultrasonic homogenizer.
abstract: It is difficult to produce homogeneous cell suspensions of Malassezia pachydermatis, since yeast cells paste up and form many clumps. However, homogeneous fungal suspensions are required for susceptibility examinations and biochemical analyses. Although several types of trials have been carried out using glass homogenizers and many types of agents to obtain homogeneous fungal suspension. They have not yielded good results. We therefore attempted to use an ultrasonic homogenizer to separate clumps of yeast cells into separate individual cells. We succeeded in this fashion in producing homogeneous cell suspensions of M. pachydermatis. These results indicate that an ultrasonic homogenizer can be used to prepare homogeneous fungal suspensions of M. pachydermatis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Tae
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murai
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kano
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Atsuhiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008290:Malassezia / Q000166:cytology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014465:Ultrasonics