''Sporobolomyces'' is a fungal
genus
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of uncertain
familial placement in the order
Sporidiobolales
The Sporidiobolales are an order of fungi in the Microbotryomycetes class of the Basidiomycota. The order contains a single family, the Sporidiobolaceae, which in turn contains seven genera and 83 species. Three of these genera, '' Aessosporon'', ...
. Species in the genus are
anamorph
In mycology, the terms teleomorph, anamorph, and holomorph apply to portions of the life cycles of fungi in the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota:
*Teleomorph: the sexual reproductive stage (morph), typically a fruiting body.
*Anamorph: an ase ...
ic
yeast
Yeasts are eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms classified as members of the fungus kingdom. The first yeast originated hundreds of millions of years ago, and at least 1,500 species are currently recognized. They are estimated to constitut ...
s. Teleomorphic forms are included in the genus ''
Sporidiobolus
''Sporidiobolus'' is a genus of Basidiomycota found in the family Sporidiobolaceae. It contains 8 species. It is one of the few genera within Basidiomycota that can reproduce asexually in yeast-form.
Species
*''Sporidiobolus johnsonii''
*''Spori ...
''. Generic
synonyms
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of ''Sporobolomyces'' include ''Amphiernia'' Grüss (1927),
and ''Prosporobolomyces'' E.K.Novák & Zsolt (1961),
and ''Ballistosporomyces'' Nakase, G.Okada & Sugiy. (1989).
''Sporobolomyces'' species produce ballisto
conidia
A conidium ( ; ), sometimes termed an asexual chlamydospore or chlamydoconidium (), is an asexual, non-motile spore of a fungus. The word ''conidium'' comes from the Ancient Greek word for dust, ('). They are also called mitospores due to the ...
that are bilaterally symmetrical, they have
Coenzyme Q10 or Coenzyme Q
10(H
2) as their major
ubiquinone
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It is a 1,4-benzoq ...
, they lack
xylose
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in whole-cell
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s, and they cannot
ferment
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sugars.
Species
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S. alborubescens''
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S. bannaensis''
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S. beijingensis''
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S. bischofiae''
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S. clavatus''
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S. coprosmae''
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S. coprosmicola''
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S. corallinus''
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S. dimmenae''
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S. dracophylli''
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S. elongatus''
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S. gracilis''
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S. inositophilus''
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S. johnsonii''
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S. koalae''
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S. magnisporus''
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S. novozealandicus''
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S. odorus''
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S. patagonicus''
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S. productus''
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S. roseus''
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S. sasicola''
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S. salmonicolor''
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S. shibatanus''
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S. singularis''
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S. subbrunneus''
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S. symmetricus''
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S. syzygii''
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S. taupoensis''
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S. tsugae''
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S. xanthus''
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S. yunnanensis''
References
External links
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Basidiomycota genera
Basidiomycota enigmatic taxa
Sporidiobolales