TRANSFER OF RHODOSPORIDIUM INFIRMOMINIATUM TO THE GENUS CYSTOFILOBASIDIUM AS CYSTOFILOBASIDIUM INFIRMOMINIATUM COMB. NOV.

Abstract

The morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics, and the chemotaxonomic data of Rhodosporidium infirmominiatum strains indicate a close relationship to the strains of the genus Cystofilobasidium in the Filobasidiaceae. Therefore, Rhodosporidium infirmominiatum is eclassified in the chemotaxonomically defined genus Cystofilobasidium, as Cystofilobasidium infirmominiatum (Fell, Hunter et Tallman) Hamamoto, Sugiyama et Komagata comb. nov. which includes its anamorph taxa. Interrelations among Rhodosporidium, Rhodotorula, Cystofilobasidium,
Mrakia, and Leucosporidium are discussed.