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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Microbotryomycetes |
| Order: | Sporidiobolales |
| Family: | Sporidiobolaceae |
| Genus: | Rhodotorula |
| Species: | R. toruloides
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhodotorula toruloides (I. Banno) Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout (2015)
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| 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]
References
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- ^ Zhang, Shuyan; Skerker, Jeffrey M.; Rutter, Charles D.; Maurer, Matthew J.; Arkin, Adam P.; Rao, Christopher V. (2016). "Engineering Rhodosporidium toruloides for increased lipid production". Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 113 (5): 1056–1066. doi:10.1002/bit.25864. ISSN 1097-0290. PMID 26479039. S2CID 26332295.
- ^ Zhu Z, Zhang S, Liu H, Shen H, Lin X, Yang F, Zhou YJ, Jin G, Ye M, Zou H, Zou H, Zhao ZK (2012). "A multi-omic map of the lipid-producing yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides". Nature Communications. 3: 1112. Bibcode:2012NatCo...3.1112Z. doi:10.1038/ncomms2112. PMC 3493640. PMID 23047670.
- ^ Spanamberg A, Wünder EA, Brayer Pereira DI, Argenta J, Cavallini Sanches EM, Valente P, Ferreiro L (2008). "Diversity of yeasts from bovine mastitis in Southern Brazil". Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia. 25 (3): 154–6. doi:10.1016/S1130-1406(08)70036-6. PMID 18785784.