Rhodosporidium kratochvilovae Sp. Nov., a new basidiomycetous yeast species

Abstract

A description and illustrations are provided of a new species, Rhodosporidium kratochvilovae, to accommodate two self-sporulating strains with the Q-10 ubiquinone system formerly identified as Rhodosporidium toruloides. This proposal is principally based on the life cycle, electrophoretic comparison of enzymes, cellular carbohydrate composition, ubiquinone system, DNA base composition, and DNA-DNA homology. Some chemotaxonomic data also endorse the inclusion of two strains of Rhodotorula glutinis in the new teleomorph-species. © 1988, Applied Microbiology, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Research Foundation. All rights reserved.