Rhodotorula
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| Rhodotorula | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Urediniomycetes |
| Order: | Sporidiales |
| Family: | incertæ sedis |
| Genus: | Rhodotorula Harrison, 1927 |
| Species | |
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Rhodotorula is a pigmented yeast, part of the Basidiomycota phylum, quite easily identifiable by distinctive orange/red colonies when grown on SDA (Sabouraud's Dextrose Agar). This distinctive colour is the result of pigments that the yeast creates to block out certain wavelengths of light that would otherwise be damaging to the cell. Colony colour can vary from being cream-color to orange/red/pink or yellow.
Rhodotorula is a common environmental inhabitant. It can be cultured from soil, water, and air samples. It is able to scavenge nitrogenous compounds from its environment remarkably well, growing even in air that has been carefully cleaned of any fixed nitrogen contaminants. In such conditions, the nitrogen content of the dry weight of Rhodotorula can drop as low as 1%, compared to around 14% for most bacteria growing in normal conditions. [1]
Species
- Rhodotorula acheniorum
- Rhodotorula aclotiana
- Rhodotorula acuta
- Rhodotorula americana
- Rhodotorula araucariae
- Rhodotorula arctica
- Rhodotorula armeniaca
- Rhodotorula aurantiaca
- Rhodotorula auriculariae
- Rhodotorula bacarum
- Rhodotorula benthica
- Rhodotorula biourgei
- Rhodotorula bogoriensis
- Rhodotorula bronchialis
- Rhodotorula buffonii
- Rhodotorula calyptogenae
- Rhodotorula chungnamensis
- Rhodotorula cladiensis
- Rhodotorula corallina
- Rhodotorula cresolica
- Rhodotorula crocea
- Rhodotorula cycloclastica
- Rhodotorula dairenensis
- Rhodotorula diffluens
- Rhodotorula evergladiensis
- Rhodotorula ferulica
- Rhodotorula foliorum
- Rhodotorula fragaria
- Rhodotorula fujisanensis
- Rhodotorula futronensis
- Rhodotorula gelatinosa
- Rhodotorula glacialis
- Rhodotorula glutinis
- Rhodotorula glutinis var. aurantiaca
- Rhodotorula glutinis var. dairenensis
- Rhodotorula glutinis var. glutinis
- Rhodotorula glutinis var. lusitanica
- Rhodotorula glutinis var. miniata
- Rhodotorula glutinis var. rubescens
- Rhodotorula glutinis var. rufescens
- Rhodotorula glutinis var. rufula
- Rhodotorula glutinis var. rufusa
- Rhodotorula glutinis var. saitoi
- Rhodotorula glutinis var. salinaria
- Rhodotorula gracilis
- Rhodotorula graminis
- Rhodotorula grinbergsii
- Rhodotorula himalayensis
- Rhodotorula hinnulea
- Rhodotorula histolytica
- Rhodotorula hylophila
- Rhodotorula incarnata
- Rhodotorula ingeniosa
- Rhodotorula javanica
- Rhodotorula koishikawensis
- Rhodotorula lactosa
- Rhodotorula lamellibrachiae
- Rhodotorula laryngis
- Rhodotorula lignophila
- Rhodotorula lini
- Rhodotorula longissima
- Rhodotorula ludwigii
- Rhodotorula lysinophila
- Rhodotorula marina
- Rhodotorula martyniae-fragantis
- Rhodotorula matritensis
- Rhodotorula meli
- Rhodotorula minuta
- Rhodotorula minuta var. coralloides
- Rhodotorula minuta var. minuta
- Rhodotorula minuta var. texensis
- Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
- Rhodotorula mucilaginosa var. alba
- Rhodotorula mucilaginosa var. kentuckyi
- Rhodotorula mucilaginosa var. mucilaginosa
- Rhodotorula mucilaginosa var. pararosea
- Rhodotorula mucilaginosa var. plicata
- Rhodotorula mucilaginosa var. rubrorugosa
- Rhodotorula mucilaginosa var. scafatii
- Rhodotorula nitens
- Rhodotorula nothofagi
- Rhodotorula oryzae
- Rhodotorula pacifica
- Rhodotorula pallida
- Rhodotorula peneaus
- Rhodotorula philyla
- Rhodotorula phylloplana
- Rhodotorula pilatii
- Rhodotorula pilimanae
- Rhodotorula pinicola
- Rhodotorula plicata
- Rhodotorula polymorpha
- Rhodotorula psychrophenolica
- Rhodotorula psychrophila
- Rhodotorula pustula
- Rhodotorula retinophila
- Rhodotorula rosacea
- Rhodotorula rosulata
- Rhodotorula rubefaciens
- Rhodotorula rubella
- Rhodotorula rubescens
- Rhodotorula rubra
- Rhodotorula rubra f. rubra
- Rhodotorula rubra f. symbiotica
- Rhodotorula rubra var. curvata
- Rhodotorula rubra var. longa
- Rhodotorula rubra var. marina
- Rhodotorula rubra var. miersensis
- Rhodotorula rubra var. plicata
- Rhodotorula rubra var. rubra
- Rhodotorula rubrorugosa
- Rhodotorula rufula
- Rhodotorula rutila
- Rhodotorula sanguinea
- Rhodotorula sanniei
- Rhodotorula sartoryi
- Rhodotorula silvestris
- Rhodotorula simplex
- Rhodotorula sinensis
- Rhodotorula slooffiae
- Rhodotorula sonckii
- Rhodotorula straminea
- Rhodotorula subericola
- Rhodotorula suganii
- Rhodotorula taiwanensis
- Rhodotorula taiwaniana
- Rhodotorula terpenoidalis
- Rhodotorula terrea
- Rhodotorula texensis
- Rhodotorula texensis var. texensis
- Rhodotorula tokyoensis
- Rhodotorula tokyoensis var. tokyoensis
- Rhodotorula ulzamae
- Rhodotorula vanillica
- Rhodotorula vuilleminii
- Rhodotorula yarrowii
- Rhodotorula yunnanensis
- Rhodotorula zsoltii
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Notes
- ↑ Postgate, John: "The Outer Reaches of Life", page 132-134. Cambridge University Press, 1994
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