Phylum：Anamorphic fungi　>>　Class： Anamorphic fungi　>>　 Order： Anamorphic fungi 
   
 
　BCRC Number： 22955      
   
　Scientific Name： Rhodotorula minuta
 
   
   
　Author：

Rhodotorula minuta (Saito) F. C. Harrison, Trans. R. Soc. Can., Sect. V, 22: 187-225. 1928.

Synonyms: Rhodotorula slooffiae Novák & Vörös-Felkai 1962.
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： Growth on YM agar: After 7 days at 25°C, the streak culture is pink, smooth, glossy but not mucoid, and low convex. The edge is entire. Growth in YM broth: After 3 days at 25°C, the cells are ovoidal, globose or elongate, 4.0-5.0 × 5.5-7.0 μm, single or in pair. Reproduc-tion by multilateral budding. Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar: After 21 days at 25°C, pseudomycelium is absent.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

Taiwan. Chiayi, Tungshih port: seawater, 23 Jan 1999. 5-8-9 (CCRC 22955). Miaoli, waipu fishing port: seawater, 16 Jul 1999. 5802.
 
 
 
　Habitat： air, clinical, terrestrial plants and animals, marine water, plants and animals, pick-les, fresh water.
 
 
 
　Distribution：

Worldwide
 
 
 
　References：

Chang, CW and Wang, PH. 2002; Fell, JW and Statzell-Tallman, A. 2000.
   
   
   
　Provided：

P. H. Wang
 
 
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