Rhodotorula toruloides

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Rhodotorula toruloides
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

Rhodosporidium toruloidesI. Banno (1967)

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]

R. toruloides has been linked to bovine mastitis, but its epidemiology has not yet been reported. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Park, Young-Kyoung; Nicaud, Jean-Marc; Ledesma-Amaro, Rodrigo (2018-03-01). "The Engineering Potential of Rhodosporidium toruloides as a Workhorse for Biotechnological Applications" . Trends in Biotechnology. 36 (3): 304–317. doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2017.10.013. hdl: 10044/1/53422 . ISSN   0167-7799. PMID   29132754.
  2. ↑ Yaegashi, Junko; Kirby, James; Ito, Masakazu; Sun, Jian; Dutta, Tanmoy; Mirsiaghi, Mona; Sundstrom, Eric R.; Rodriguez, Alberto; Baidoo, Edward; Tanjore, Deepti; Pray, Todd (December 2017). "Rhodosporidium toruloides: a new platform organism for conversion of lignocellulose into terpene biofuels and bioproducts". Biotechnology for Biofuels. 10 (1): 241. doi: 10.1186/s13068-017-0927-5 . ISSN   1754-6834. PMC   5651578 . PMID   29075325.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
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