Phylum：Basidiomycota　>>　Class： Basidiomycetes　>>　 Order： Sporidiales 
   
 
　BCRC Number： NO BCRC Number!  
   
　Scientific Name： Sporidiobolus pararoseus
 
   
   
　Author：

Sporidiobolus pararoseus Fell & Tallman, Curr. Microbiol. 5: 77-82, 1981..
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： Growth onYM agar: After 7 days at 25℃, streak culture is orange to red, smooth or rough, glistening and flat. The edge is entire or undulat, sometimes with mycelial fringe. Growth in YM broth: After 3 days at 25℃, there is considerable variation in cell shape; the cells may be spherical, elongate or allantoid. Cell size are (3.5-5.0 ×4.0-9.0 μm), single and in pair. Reproduction by multilateral budding. Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar: Pseudomycelium may present. Formation of ballistoconidia: The strain form ballistoconidia on corn meal agar or on YM agar. The ballistoconidia are asymmetric, measuring (2.5-5.0×4.5-10.0) μm, with 1-3 sterigma.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

6-3-1, sea water, Chiku, Tainan, Taiwan, Jaunary, 1999.
 
 
 
　Habitat： Sea water
 
 
 
　Distribution：

Taiwan, USA, Atlantic Ocean, France, Japen, Russia.
 
 
 
　References：

Statzell-Tallman, A and Fell, JW. 2000.
   
   
   
　Provided：

P. H. Wang
 
 
　Note： This species is placed in biological safety level 1. Anamorph: Sporobolomyces shibatanus (Okunuki) Vorna & Ciferri (1938)