PYCC 5615 | PYCC

General Information

Taxonomy

1 - Taxon name

Rhodotorula toruloides

2 - Classification

Basidiomycota

3 - Strain (species name) changes

Rhodosporidium toruloides; Rhodotorula gracilis

4 - Status of the strain

Type strain of Rhodotorula toruloides; Type strain of Rhodosporidium toruloides

Other Collections

8 - Accession numbers in other collections

CBS 6016;IFO 8766;MUCL 28631;NRRL Y-6987

Strain details

11 - PYCC strain status

Open

12 - Mediterranean strain

No

13 - Substrate of isolation

Conjugated strain derived from IFO 0559 x IFO 0880

14 - Category of substrate

Mutant

16 - Country of origin

Japan

19 - Isolated by and date of isolation

I. Banno, KG-M

21 - Deposited by

CBS 6016, May 1999

22 - History

CBS > PYCC

23 - Preservation

Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -150ºC

24 - Price per culture

85€

Growth conditions

26 - Medium for growth

YMA

Molecular data

DNA Sequence

Region

26S

Sequence Title

KY109167

Gene Bank Url

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KY109167

Phenotype

Assimilation-Growth

C41 Methanol

-

C42 Ethanol

+

T1 Growth at 25ºC

+

T1 Growth at 30ºC

+

T3 Growth at 35ºC

-

T4 Growth at 37ºC

-

M1 Starch formation

-

M3 Urea hydrolysis

+

Bibliography

Title

Polyphasic taxonomy of the basidiomycetous yeast genus Rhodosporidium: R. azoricum sp. nov