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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
Preceptrol®
no
Mating Type
A2B2
Comments
alkali-tolerant at pH 10
Medium
ATCC® Medium 28: Emmons' modification of Sabouraud's agar
ATCC® Medium 200: YM agar or YM broth
ATCC® Medium 325: Malt extract agar (Blakeslee's formula)
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 12°C
Atmosphere: Typical aerobic
Name of Depositor
JW Fell
Isolation
Seawater, Antarctica
References
Yamada Y, Maeda K, Mikata K. The phylogenetic relationships of Rhodosporidium dacryoidum Fell, Hunter et Tallman based on the partial sequences of 18S and 26S ribosomal RNAs: the proposal of Sakaguchia gen. nov., a heterobasidiomycetous yeast genus. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 58: 99-103, 1994. PubMed: 7765151
Aono R. Taxonomic distribution of alkali-tolerant yeasts. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 13: 394-397, 1990.
Fell JW, et al. Marine basidiomycetous yeasts (Rhodosporidium spp. n.) with tetrapolar and multiple allelic bipolar mating systems. Can. J. Microbiol. 19: 643-657, 1973. PubMed: 4575449
