PYCC 6774

General Information

Taxonomy

1 - Taxon name

Rhodosporidiobolus oreadorum

2 - Classification

Basidiomycota

3 - Strain (species name) changes

Rhodosporidium lusitaniae

5 - Basis for identification

Molecular (D1D2 & ITS)

Other Collections

7 - Original strain number

EXF-4018

Biosafety and restrictions

9 - Biological Safety Level

BSL-1

Strain details

11 - PYCC strain status

Open

12 - Mediterranean strain

13 - Substrate of isolation

subglacial ice

14 - Category of substrate

Water

15 - Locality

Kongsvegen glacier, Svalbard

16 - Country of origin

Norway

19 - Isolated by and date of isolation

July 2008

21 - Deposited by

Polona Zalar, Jan 2015

22 - History

Polona Zalar > PYCC

23 - Preservation

Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -150ºC

24 - Price per culture

90€

Growth conditions

26 - Medium for growth

YMA

Molecular data

DNA Sequence

Region

26S

Sequence Title

MF189944

Gene Bank Url

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MF189944.1

Bibliography

Title

Cystobasidium alpinum sp. nov. and Rhodosporidiobolus oreadorum sp. nov. from European Cold Environments and Arctic Region