Rhodotorula toruloides
Species of fungus
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Rhodotorula toruloides is a species of oleaginous yeast. It is a red basidiomycete isolated from the wood pulp of conifers and naturally accumulates carotenoids, neutral lipids, and enzymes relevant to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.[1] It is able to metabolize all major components of lignocellulosic biomass (cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin) and is a potential host for metabolic engineering to produce terpenes and fatty acids.[2][3] R. toruloides accumulates lipids within intracellular lipid bodies under nutrient-limiting conditions and could potentially be a source for engineering of lipid-production pathways.[4]
| Rhodotorula toruloides | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Microbotryomycetes |
| Order: | Sporidiobolales |
| Family: | Sporidiobolaceae |
| Genus: | Rhodotorula |
| Species: | R. toruloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhodotorula toruloides (I. Banno) Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout (2015) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rhodosporidium toruloides I. Banno (1967) | |
R. toruloides has been linked to bovine mastitis, but its epidemiology has not yet been reported.[5]