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Product Format
freeze-dried
Storage Conditions
Frozen: -80°C or colder Freeze-Dried: 2°C to 8°C Live Culture: See Propagation Section
Type Strain
yes
(allotype)
Preceptrol®
no
Mating Type
A1
Comments
lithium chloride-sensitive
Medium
ATCC® Medium 28: Emmons' modification of Sabouraud's agar
ATCC® Medium 200: YM agar or YM broth
ATCC® Medium 323: Malt agar medium
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 24°C to 26°C
Atmosphere: Typical aerobic
Name of Depositor
SY Newell
Isolation
Seawater, Gerlache Straits, Antarctica
References
Hamamoto M, Nagahama T, Tamura M. Systematic study of basidiomycetous yeasts - evaluation of the ITS regions of rDNA to delimit species of the genus Rhodosporidium. FEMS Yeast Res. 2: 409-413, 2002. PubMed: 12702292
Ishibashi N, et al. Lithium chloride-tolerant character of the heterobasidiomycetous yeast Rhodotorula glutinis. Mycoscience 36: 373-376, 1995.
Yagi T, Ashibe E. Accumulation of glycerol by the heterobasidiomycetous yeast Rhodosporidium sphaerocarpum in response to external hypertonicity due to NaCl. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 115: 213-218, 1994.
Newell SY, Fell JW. The perfect form of a marine-occurring yeast of the genus Rhodotorula. Mycologia 62: 272-281, 1970.
