Phylum：Anamorphic fungi　>>　Class： Anamorphic fungi　>>　 Order： Anamorphic fungi 
   
 
　BCRC Number： 22961     22960      
   
　Scientific Name： Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
 
   
   
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Synonyms: Rhodotorula rubra (Demme) Lodder var. marina Kawano, Kojima, Ohosawa & Morinaga 1976.

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa (Jörgensen) F. C. Harrison, Trans. R. Soc. Can., Sect. V, 22: 187-225. 1928.
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： Growth on YM agar: After 7 days at 25°C, the streak culture is salmon-pink to orange, smooth, glistening and low convex. The margin is entire. Growth in YM broth: After 3 days at 25°C, the cells are ovoid, globose or spherical measuring 4.5-6.8 × 4.0-8.0 μm; reproduction is by mul-tilateral budding and cells may occur singly, in pairs, in short chains or small clusters. Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar: After 21 days at 25°C, pseudomycelium is absent.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

Taiwan. Taitung, Estuary of Dawu River: seawater, 14 Jul 1999, 2001 (CCRC 22960). Taitung, Lanyu, Mantouyen: seawater, 2 Feb 1999. 9-1-2 (CCRC 22961)
 
 
 
　Habitat： powdered red pepper (Capsicum frutescens), larve of fruit fly (Drosophila pilimanae), rotten Eucaryphia cordifolia, smut infected leaves, humans, pasteurized beer, marine water, air.
 
 
 
　Distribution：

Worldwide
 
 
 
　References：

Chang, CW and Wang, PH. 2002; Fell, JW and Statzell-Tallman, A. 2000; Kwon-Chung, KJ and Barnett, JE. 1992.
   
   
   
　Provided：

P. H. Wang
 
 
　Note： Rhodotorula mucilaginosa has a world-wide distribution in terrestrial, aquatic and marine habitats, from a wide variety of substrates. The species is frequently isolated from human sources, and R. mucilaginosa is possibly the only species of Rhodotorula that causes human infection (Kwon-Chung and Bennett, 1992).