TABLE 4.

Effect of preservation in distilled water on the viability of Malassezia spp.^a

No. of mo.	% Recovery (no. of viable strains) for indicated inoculum under indicated condition
	M. pachydermatis (n = 13)		Lipid-dependent species (n = 11) (107 cells/ml)
	107 cells/ml	104 cells/ml	MD	LM
1	0.004 (6)	0.3 (1)	0.05 (3)	0.003 (3)
2	0.0003 (2)	0	0.004 (2)	0.02 (3)
3	0.0003 (1)	0.07 (1)	0.003 (2)	0.01 (2)
4	0.00007 (1)	0.1 (1)	0.001 (1)	0.0001 (1)
5	0.00007 (1)	0	0	0
6	0	0	0	0.0008 (1)
7	0	0	0	0
8	0	0	0	0
9	0	0	0	0
10	0	0	0	0
11	0	0	0	0
12	0	0	0	0
18	0	0	0	0

^aResults are expressed as mean percentages of recovery from mean colony counts obtained at time zero; n, number of strains tested. Mean colony counts obtained at time zero were as follows: for M. pachydermatis (10⁷ and 10⁴ cells/ml), 0.36 × 10⁶ and 0.23 × 10⁴, respectively; for lipid-dependent species (10⁷ cells/ml) grown on MD and LM, 0.95 × 10⁵ and 0.10 × 10⁶, respectively.