Abstract
The skin harbors a wide variety of microbial populations, which together with theirstructural elements, metabolites and produced molecules, compose the microbiome. Thegenus Malassezia represents around 80% of cutaneous fungal species, being the mostprevalent fungal commensal. Although it is a commensal, Malassezia has been associatedwith some skin diseases such as pityriasis versicolor, a…