Phylum：Anamorphic fungi　>>　Class： Anamorphic fungi　>>　 Order： Anamorphic fungi 
   
 
　BCRC Number： 22959     22958      
   
　Scientific Name： Rhodotorula graminis
 
   
   
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Synonyms: Rhodotorula rosa (Nishiwaki) S. Goto & Yokotsuka 1962.

Rhodotorula graminis di Menna, J. Gen, Microbiol. 18: 269-272. 1958.
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： Growth on YM agar: After 7 days at 25°C, the streak culture is orange, smooth, glistening and convex. The edge is entire. Growth in YM broth: After 3 days at 25°C, cells are globose to ovoidal or elongate, 2-4 × 3-11.5 μm, single and in pair. Reproduction by multilateral budding. Dalmau plate culture on Corn Meal Agar: Pseudomycelium is absent.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

Taiwan, Hualien, Shtipieng: seawater, 21 Jan 1999, 3-1-3 (CCRC 22958). Taitung, Lanyu, Kaiyuan port: seawater, 2 Feb 1999, 9-2-3 (CCRC 22959).
 
 
 
　Habitat： plants, marine waters, soil
 
 
 
　Distribution：

Worldwide
 
 
 
　References：

Chang, CW and Wang, PH. 2002; Fell, JW and Statzell-Tallman, A. 2000; Fell, JW, Statzell-Tallman, A, Lutz, MJ and Kurtzman, CP. 1992.
   
   
   
　Provided：

P. H. Wang
 
 
　Note： R. graminis appears to be closely related to R. glutinis; Kurtzman and Fell (1991) reported 30% nDNA relateness between the two species. Fell et al. (1992) found that two species differed by one base position in a study of the nucleotide sequence alignment of the partial LSU rRNA region.