NCYC 502

Rhodotorula graminis

Taxon Synonyms

Rhodotorula graminis

Equivalent Strain Designations

ATCC 32768, CBS 2826, CCRC 22584, DBVPG 7021, JCM 3775, IGC 4842, MUCL 30431, NRRL Y-2474.

Depositor

M.E. di Menna

Deposit Date

August 1957

Habitat

Blades of summer pasture grasses, North Island, New Zealand.

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions

No known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

Details

Rhodotorula graminis

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
produces lipophilic polysaccharide emulsifiers (Biotechnology '94).
DepositorM.E. di Menna
Deposit NameRhodotorula graminis
Month of depositAugust
Deposit Year1957
HabitatBlades of summer pasture grasses, North Island, New Zealand.
Equivalent Strain DesignationsATCC 32768, CBS 2826, CCRC 22584, DBVPG 7021, JCM 3775, IGC 4842, MUCL 30431, NRRL Y-2474.
Referencedi Menna, J.Gen.Microbiol. 18: 269-272, 1958 & J.Agric.Res. 2: 394, 1959. Aono, System.Appl.Microbiol. 13: 394-397, 1990 (alkali tolerance). Sampaio, Can.J.Microbiol. 45: 491-512, 1999 (aromatic compounds). Vancanneyt et al., J.Gen.Appl.Microbiol. 38: 363-377, 1992 (GC,CoQ,protein). Kurtzman & Fell, Mycologia 83: 107-110, 1991 (DNA). Sugiyama et al., J.Gen.Appl.Microbiol. 31: 519-550, 1985 (GC,CoQ). Perrier et al., Arch.Microbiol. 164: 173-179, 1995 (fatty acids,carotenoids). Biotechnology '94: 2nd Conference on Advances in Biochemical Engineering. Rugby, Warwickshire, UK: Institution of Chemical Engineers; 1994, pp. 115-117. Fell JW, et al. Biodiversity and systematics of basidiomycetous yeasts as determined by large-subunit rDNA D1/D2 domain sequence analysis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50: 1351-1371, 2000. Hamamoto M , Nakase T. Phylogenetic analysis of the ballistoconidium-forming yeast genus Sporobolomyces based on 18S rDNA sequences. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50: 1373-1380, 2000.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeUnknown
Min Broth Breadth (µm)2
Max Broth Breadth (µm)5
Min Broth Length (µm)4
Max Broth Length (µm)8
Min Agar Breadth (µm)2
Max Agar Breadth (µm)4
Min Agar Length (µm)2
Max Agar Length (µm)11
ArrangementUnknown
Colour on AgarPink
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarGlutinous
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothIncomplete
Ring ColourPink
Pellicle in BrothAbsent
Pellicle AppearanceUnknown
Pellicle HabitatUnknown

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumAbsent
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormN/A
BlastosporesAbsent
Blastospore ShapeUnknown
Blastospore LocationUnknown
Blastospore HabitatUnknown
True MyceliumAbsent
Clamp ConnectionsAbsent

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesAbsent

Sexual Spores

AscosporesAbsent
Ascospore ShapeUnknown
Ascospore WallUnknown
Ascospores No Per AscusN/A
Ascus ShapeN/A
ConjugationAbsent
TeliosporesAbsent
Teliospore ShapeUnknown

Miscellaneous

AssayNo
Salt TolerantUnknown
KillerUnknown
PlasmidNo

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose-
Galactose-
Sucrose-
Maltose-
Cellobiose-
Trehalose-
Lactose-
Melibiose-
Raffinose-
Melizitose-
Inulin-
Soluble Starch-
XyloseUnknown
AMD Glucoside-

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4Unknown
KNO3+
EthylamineUnknown
CadaverineUnknown
LysineUnknown

Other

Vitamin Free Growth+
Cyclohex 100Unknown
Cyclohex 1000Unknown
Glucose Growth 50Unknown
Glucose Growth 60Unknown
Lipolytic+
Acid ProductionUnknown
Growth 37Unknown
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis+
Urease ActivityUnknown
Starch Production-
Acid TolerantUnknown

26S rDNA seq

      No data
  

Genomic Sequence Data

      www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/ERS13667412
  

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