malassezia caprae malassezia caprae malassezia caprae is a fungus first isolated in goats, which can cause opportunistic infections in animals. its type strain is ma383=cbs 10434. this species will not grow without any lipid supplementation. it grows slowly and forms small colonies (average diameter 1 millimetre (0.039 in)). in the lab, colonies will not grow at temperatures of 40 °c, differing from m. sympodialis-related species, such m. dermatis and m. nana, which can grow at this temperature. malassezia caprae cells are ellipsoidal to more or less spherical. malassezia caprae scientific classification kingdom: fungi division: basidiomycota class: malasseziomycetes order: malasseziales family: malasseziaceae genus: malassezia species: m. caprae binomial name malassezia capraecabañes & boekhout (2007)